Dr. Allen G Good > Professor
Contact
Room: 5-193, CCIS
Phone: (780) 492-1905
Fax: (780) 492-9234
Email: allen.good@ualberta.ca
Academic Training
BSc: Trent University
MSc: University of Windsor
PhD: University of Ottawa
My basic interest lies in understanding how plants adapt to a variety of different environmental stresses, such as disease, flooding, drought or nutrient deficiency. My approach involves using a combination of classical genetic tools, and the modern tools of molecular biology and genomics. This strategy is based on the premise that while the reductionist approach that modern gene cloning tools provide has been very valuable, a detailed understanding of how plants adapts to a stress will require an understanding of how the genotype interacts with specific genes and gene combinations. One of my rationales for combining a genetic approach with molecular biology is to give students a broad background in both classical and molecular genetics. I believe that this approach will provide students with the kind of training that will be required to solve the more complex problems that plant biologists are now starting to address.
Current Research Projects
Genetic Introgression Studies and Disease Resistance in the Brassica.
Nitrogen Uptake and Metabolism in Plants.
Genetics and Biosafety of Safflower.
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