Research Areas
The main areas of research and projects currently being undertaken by members of
staff and graduate students are:
HORTICULTURE |
- Tissue culture of anthuriums and ackee
- Improvement of horticultural practices for anthuriums and orchids
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MARINE AND COASTAL BIOLOGY |
- Ecology of zooplankton populations
- Ecology of benthic and meiofaunal communities
- Ecology of mangrove root communities
- Sea grass biomass and production
- Environmental assessments of wetlands and estuaries
- Ecology of microalgal communities
- Biological oceanography of Jamaica marine shelves
- The relationship between plankton communities and water quality
- Coastal forest structure
- Ecology of artificial reefs
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
- Development of transgenic West Indian Sea Island cotton with resistance against
insect pests.
- Investigation of the diversity of Citrus tristeza virus and viroids in six
main citrus growing regions of Jamaica.
- Development of transgenic papaya with resistance against the Papaya ringspot
virus.
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