Research Fellow
PhD (Qld)
| Contact Campus | Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building | Life Sciences Building |
| Room Reference | 267 |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 2605 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 2698 |
| Eloise.Foo@utas.edu.au |
Foo E, and Reid JB (2012). Strigolactones: new physiological roles for an ancient signal. J Plant Growth Regulation. In press.
Foo E, Davies NW (2011). Strigolactones promote nodulation in pea. Planta 234, pgs. 1073-1081
Ferguson BJ, Foo E, Ross JJ, Reid JB (2011). Relationship between gibberellin, ethylene and nodulation in Pisum sativum. New Phytologist 189, pgs, 829-842
Foo E, Bullier E, Goussot M, Foucher F, Rameau C, Beveridge CA (2005). The branching gene RAMOSUS1 mediates interactions among two novel signals and auxin in pea. Plant Cell, 17, pgs. 464-47
Plant growth is often limited by nutrient deficiency and plants have evolved symbioses with microbes to access previously unavailable soil nutrients. Leguminous plants are unique as they form a symbioses with both rhizobial soil bacteria, leading to nitrogen-fixing nodules, and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis with soil fungi to access nutrients such as phosphate. Recently, we have discovered the new plant hormone strigolacatone, which is essential for mycorrhizal development, also regulates nodulation.
My project aims to advance our understanding of how plants establish and regulate these important symbioses by defining the role of plant-derived hormones, particularly strigolactones. My project explores the development of these symbioses in a series of well-characterised pea mutants with altered hormone synthesis or perception, and includes whole plant physiology, gene expression studies and hormone quantification.
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