Ecology and Physiology of Plants/ researchgroup Schat
The research of our group is focussed on the adaptation of plants to abiotic and biotic stress factors from the molecular to the whole plant level. The following aspects are investigated:
- Evolution and characterization of ion transporters involved in the uptake and compartmentation of cadmium, copper, nickel, and zinc, and in the hyperaccumulation of heavy metals.
- Population-specific regulation of metal translocation under exposure to multi-metal combination.
- Potential of metal resistant plants for the decontamination and phytoremediation of metal contaminated sites.
- Resistance mechanisms of crops to infestation by the angiospermous holoparasites Orobanche and Striga.
