Research Interests (300 words)
Plants, when they experience higher temperatures than optimum, morphological changes are observed which is termed thermomorphogenesis. Thermomorphogenesis is a collective term for several growth defects, observed in plants when they are grown in high ambient temperatures, such as hypocotyl and petiole elongation, hyponasty, and early flowering followed by poor seed yield. This is of particular interest to me because of the obvious reasons- global warming and food security. Understanding the molecular mechanism that controls this phenomenon can help us to run breeding programs to generate high-temperature resilient crops which would help in the betterment of society.