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