PhD research

I am researching cell wall biochemistry of hemiparasitism in Rhinanthus minor and Odontites vernus and their hosts. My laboratory work is image-based and involves immunocytochemical detection of cell wall molecules. It is complemented by field studies of local hemiparasite populations.

• fieldwork in a semi-natural grassland

• Rhinanthus minor on River Shannon callows

• freshly collected haustoria clasping around host roots, stained with Toluidine Blue

• histology

• fluorescence microscopy