Plant Physiology and Genetics

Head: Prof.Dr.Ir. Miftahudin M.Si

Profil 

Sebanyak 4 dari 7 anggota divisi ini telah memiliki gelar Guru Besar. Penelitian yang telah dilakukan terutama di dalam lingkup fisiologi dan genetika dari tanaman pangan untuk kesejahteraan masyarakat.

Mandat Divisi

Mengembangkan keilmuan fisiologi dan genetika tumbuhan dan diseminasinya dengan melakukan berbagai kegiatan penelitian, pengajaran, dan pengabdian masyarakat.

Ruang Lingkup Divisi

Mengembangkan bahan ajar fisiologi tumbuhan, genetika tumbuhan, pertumbuhan dan perkembangan tumbuhan, kultur jaringan tanaman, fisiologi cekaman, dan teknik molekuler tumbuhan. Melakukan penelitian biologi, fisiologi, dan genetika pada berbagai tanaman pangan utama. 

Research Focus

Genetic variability of tropical plants (ex. mango, sweet potato and coconut); Plant microbes interaction; Development and implementation of haploid technology and mutagenesis in vegetable to speed up pure lines production and hybrid varieties development; Plant environmental physiology, particularly plant response to drought stress; Photosynthesis of carbon exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in relation to water use efficiency; Plant nutrition in relation to organic and bio-fertilizers; Physiological and molecular dissection of plant adaptation to abiotic stresses; Molecular marker development and application in gene cloning, plant improvement and diversity; Wheat adaptation to tropical agro-ecosystem; Biodiversity of banana in Indonesia; Plant tissue culture; Genetic improvement of plants tolerant to acid and aluminum stresses; Genetic modification of flower and tuber formation; Ecophysiological and physiological of andromonocieous and trimonocieous jatropha; Development and application of biofertilizer in marginal land; Genetic and molecular analysis of the interaction between rice and blast disease; Cell/Tissue culture and production of secondary metabolites; Physiology of abiotic stress in plants