Expertise
Research interests and specialties are papaya, pineapple, cassava, passion fruit, orchids, native trees, GMO, starch, and fruit.Biography
As Leader of the Biotechnology & Agroforestry Program in the Agricultural Experiment Station, our focus is on research involving the tissue culture micropropagation of tropical plants, starch analysis of genetically enhanced cassava, breeding and selection of papaya, in vitro germination and developmental biology of native orchids, and germination and establishment of rare native trees. Student projects I have assisted with have included:
