Research

Current Research 

·  Microbe-Plant Interactions in economically important crop diseases

·  Plant Breeding and Genetics, Genomic Selection, Breeding for disease resistance and other target traits

·  CRISPR/Cas9 (multiplex) genome editing to study functional genes in response to the biotic and abiotic stress

· Biological control of plant diseases and their mechanisms; PGRP research and effect on the rhizosphere microbiome