Ying Meng

Lab

Gilliham

Position

PhD Candidate

Year started

2017

Ying.meng@adelaide.edu.au

Research description

The role of GABA in root growth under salt stress

Expertise

Plant Physiology & Viticulture

Biography

Ying completed her Bachelors and Masters in China, focusing on viticulture and oenology. Following this she worked for a year in a winery before coming to Australia in 2017 to commence her PhD. She looks at the role of GABA in root growth under salt stress, and is fascinated with how plants are intelligent enough to cope to changes in their environment and the consequent stresses.

Publications

Ying, M., Jiangman, G., Qing, L. and Zhumei, X. (2017), “Abscisic acid is involved in 24-epibrassinolide’s regulating chlorophyll fluorescence and antioxidant enzymes on grape seedlings under water stress”, Journal of Northwest A&F University (Natural Science Edition), Vol. 45, No. 8, pp.103-111.