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The research of my group aims to understand the functioning of plants in relation to the environment. The environment is changing in a number of ways, largely as a result of anthropogenic influences, and these changes will have important consequences for plants in agriculture, forestry and semi-natural plant systems.

Much of our research is focussed on the use of poplar as a model tree, on using poplar as a source of renewable energy and in employing the tools of functional genomics to answer large-scale ecological questions as well as smaller-scale questions such as what determines the size and shape of a leaf?

We are also home of the Vitacress Research Unit, initiated in 2002 to investigate and improve baby leaf salads, in collaboration with Vitacress UK.

For more information please contact:

Professor Gail Taylor
Plants & Environment Lab
School of Biological Sciences
University of Southampton,
Southampton. SO16 7PX.
Tel: +44(0) 2380 592335
Fax: +44(0) 2380 594459
Cell: +44(0) 7885031007
Email: g.taylor@soton.ac.uk