Welcome to the
Palanivelu Lab!

We are studying how plant cells communicate with each other
and the environment. We are using pollen tube interactions with
pistils during Arabidopsis and tomato reproduction as model
systems to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie
these interactions. Currently, we are using the knowledge gained
from this basic research to:

i) overcome reproductive hybridization barriers in Brassicaceae
model plants so that we can generate tools to break species
barrier and generate novel hybrids and

ii) develop new tomato varieties that are high yielding even under
heat stress.