Research Interests

• Development of micropropagation systems for plants bearing unique ecological, agricultural or ornamental potential.
• Development of a micropropagation system for Yam (Dioscorea sp.)
• Selection and clonal propagation of the desert shrub, Haloxylon
• Production of Potato Plantlets and Minitubers
• Pasture establishment in arid lands with drought-tolerant shrub
• Establishment of Stevia rebaudiana as an industrial crop in semi-arid regions
• Selection and clonal propagation of perennial fodder shrubs (Atriplex species, Cassia sturtii, etc.)
• Development of micropropagation systems for ornamental succulents

• Development of micropropagation systems for Haloxylon and other fodder shrubs
• Clonal propagation of Haloxylon species by conventional vegetative means (cuttings and grafting)
• Improved in vitro propagation of Haloxylon in bioreactor
• Use of agrobacterium rhizogenes for improved rooting of cuttings and tissue cultures of woody species
• Development of micropropagation systems for ornamental succulents
• Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and regeneration of date palm