User:Harkamal

Harkamal Walia

Education

Ph.D. Plant Biology, 2005 University of California, Riverside, USA B.Sc. Crop Sciences, 2000 Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Current Research

Genomics and Genetics of Interspecies Incompatibity in Arabidopsis. To identify dosage-dependent factors involved in  interspecies hybrid seed development using genomics tools. Investigating the genetic basis of variation within Arabidopsis thaliana for compatibility in interspecies mating. Past Research

Abiotic Stress Tolerance in cereals. Specifically, salt tolerance mechanisms in rice and barley.

Publications

Walia, H., Wilson, C., Condamine, P., Liu, X., Ismail, A., Zeng, L., Wanamaker, S. I., Mandal, J., Cui, X., Xu, J., Close, T.J., Comparative transcriptional profiling of two contrasting rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes under salinity stress during vegetative growth stage. 2005, Plant Physiology Vol. 139, pp. 822-835

Walia, H., Wilson, C., Wahid, A., Cui, X., Wanamaker, S., Close, T.J., Expression profiling of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) under salinity stress. 2006, Functional and Integrative Genomics

Walia, H., Wilson, C., Condamine, P., Liu, X., Close, T.J., Role of jasmonic acid in improving salinity tolerance of barley revealed by physiological and large scale gene expression studies. 2007, Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol 30, pp. 410-421

Walia, H., Wilson, C., Liu, X., Ismail, A., Close, T.J., Transcriptional profiling of rice under salinity stress during panicle initiation stage. 2007, Plant Molecular Biology, Vol 63: 609-623

Walia, H., Wilson, C., Condamine, P., Ismail, A., Xu, J., Cui, X., Close, T.J., Array-based genotyping and expression analysis of barley cv. Maythorpe and Golden Promise. 2007, BMC Genomics