About Photosynthesis Group

The photosynthesis group in school of life sciences, Devi Ahilya University focuses on the effects of environmental stress on particularly light reactions of photosynthesis. As it is known that photosystem II is most susceptible to environmental stress and is the first one to get damaged by abiotic stress. Our interest lies in identifying the primary component which gets damaged first in photosystem II in response to various abiotic stresses such as high temperature, salinity, drought, UV-B radiation, heavy metal stress etc. Our group is also involved in characterization of structural and functional heterogeneity of photosystem II in response to various abiotic stresses. We also studied effects of environmental pollutants like Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on photosynthetic performance in crop plants. Our recent interest includes Improving crop production by various methods such as using microbes to improve soil quality, nano-priming of seeds to improve drought tolerance potential, using Arbuscular Mycorhizal Fungi to improve nutrient uptake and thereby plant growth etc.