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Bjorn Martin |  |
| Oklahoma State University | ||
 Professor,
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Address:
368 Agricultural
Hall, OSU, Stillwater, OK 74078
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| Phone:
405-744-6410
Fax: 405-744-5269
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| Email:
bcm@mail.pss.okstate.edu |
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| URL:
http://pss.okstate.edu/personnel/faculty/martin.html |
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| Ph.D.,
Botany (Plant Physiology),
1978, University of Umea, Sweden |
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| Postdoctoral: Plant
carbon metabolism, 1978-1979, University of California, Berkeley Chilling injury to photosynthesis, 1980-1984, University of Illinois, Urbana |
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| Research
Emphasis: Plant
responses to the environment; physiological responses to stress;
photosynthesis; warer relations |
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| Related
Activities: Technical
Editor, Crop Science |
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| Research
Description: My research interests are in the field of environmental stresses on plant performance and physiology. In the past, I have mainly dealt with low temperature and water stress. I have studied both photosynthetic carbon metabolism and electron transport. I am interested in chlorophyll fluorescence emission as an indicator of stress, and stable carbon isotope discrimination as a proxy for water-use efficiency. In recent years, new molecular techniques have become available to probe research areas that could previously not be approached. I maintain collaborative research in this general. |
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| Recent
Publications: Martin, B (2003) Carbon isotope discrimination measurement. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology (in press). Abebe T, Guenzi AC, Martin B, Cushman JC (2003) Tolerance of mannitol-accumulating transgenic wheat to water stress and salinity does not involve osmotic adjustment. Plant Physiol (in press). Abebe T, Guenzi AC, Martin B (2000) Engineering wheat for improved resistance to water deficit stress. In Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Plant Biology 2000, p. 85. Abebe T, Guenzi AC, Martin B (2000) Engineering wheat for improved drought resistance. In Proceedings of the Impact of Molecular Biology on Crop Production and Protection, Cambridge HealthTech Institute. Martin B, Tauer CG, Lin RK (1999) Carbon isotope discrimination as a tool to improve water-use efficiency in tomato. Crop Sci 39:1775-1783. |
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