Dr. Fedora Sutton has a joint appointment as Professor in both the Plant Science and Biology/Microbiology departments. Research efforts in her laboratory focus on plant response to environmental stimuli.

"In order to survive, plants, like other organisms, need to be able to sense their environment. Thus we focus our efforts on the identification of plant hormone receptors and second messenger systems. This is an interdisciplinary approach involving the use of biochemical, molecular and electrophysiological techniques. In particular, we study low temperature, dehydration and gravity responses. The experimental plant systems used are diverse: wheat, tobacco, Zea mays, Vicia faba and Arabidopsis."

Contact Information Office Location: PSB 157B Mailing Address: South Dakota State University Plant Science Department Box 2108 Brookings, SD 57007 Telephone: 605-688-6286 E-mail: Fedora_Sutton@sdstate.edu

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