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Contact Information
Mailing Address
Rutgers University
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology
Foran Hall/ Cook Campus
59 Dudley Rd.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
sacalis@aesop.rutgers.edu
Campus Location
Office: Room 382 Foran Hall, 732-932-9711 x131
Research Interests
Most of my past work has dealt with post production physiology of cut flowers and flowering plants, but my research direction has changed in the past year. Although still maintaining an interest in post-harvest physiology, I am also now working with grasses, studying the effects of infection with fungal endophytes. These symbiotic organisms act as a protective mechanism for the grass host in a number of ways.
The objective is twofold: the first is to develop simple bioassays to indicate the presence of the endophyte in grass tissues, and to roughly quantify the effects observed; the second is to isolate and/or characterize or identify the compound or group of compounds responsible for the inhibitory response.
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Dr. John Sacalis joined the department in YYYY and was promoted to Professor in YYYY.