Philip B Brewer
Prof. Phil Brewer's recent research has focused on strigolactone production and action, particularly how that relates to auxin and the transport of auxin. Strigolactones are regulators of shoot branching, root architecture and plant-fungi symbiosis. They help plants cope with sub-optimal growth conditions, such as low nutrients, shading, cold, drought and salinity, and attack from pathogens or parasitic weeds. Strigolactones seem to function directly in responsive plant tissues through regulating gene expression. However, they also display a distinctive non-transcriptional inhibition of auxin transporters. A key research aim for Prof. Brewer is to uncover the mechanisms of plant hormone function, and how this may affect plant architecture in crops.
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