The overall goal of the Coastal Plants Genetics Program is to generate knowledge and technology to accelerate development of improved plant materials in native plant species for coastal restoration. Research is conducted in four differnt plants species: Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), Sea oats (Uniola paniculata), Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), and weedy red rice (Oryza sativa). 

We explore the hereditary information of the native plants to improve the current state of understanding of several key attributes such as: abiotic stress tolerance, seed shattering, and seed dormancy. These attributes help in further genetic manipulation leading to development of improved plants materials for large scale restoration effort.

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Coastal Plants Genetics Laboratory