Author: Courtney Leisner

Through funding from the NSF Plant Biotic Interactions Program we will continue to understand how plant disease pressure is impacted by elevated temperature in plants. Led by Dr. Neha Potnis at Auburn University and in collaboration with researchers in the UK and Germany, we will expose pepper and tomato plants to combined Xanthomonas infection and heat stress and look at the impact of the host defense response and pathogen virulence.

We are excited to announce the lab will be moving to the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences at Virginia Tech starting August 2023!

The Leisner lab will start a new project focused on understanding the physiological and genetic mechanisms associated with decreased nutritional content in soybean plants grown in elevated carbon dioxide conditions.

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https://www.auburn.edu/cosam/news/articles/2022/02/superfood_research_courtney_leisner_receives_281,173_usda_grant_to_understand_natural_product_biosynthesis_in_blueberries.htm

We are busy with field work and virtual conferences. Check back in soon for more updates.

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