Mike Holdsworth is Professor of Crop Science and Director of Crop Sciences at the University of Nottingham. He is the Manager of Strand 1 of the CPIB virtual root project and Project Leader for the vSEED project.

• Current research programmes, recent publications etc are available on the Portal for the laboratory of Professor Holdsworth
• The University web page of Professor Michael Holdsworth
• The web page for the ERANET-PG funded vSEED consortium

Research programmes focus on:

• Understanding the control of seed germination and seedling establishment.
• The function of the hormone Abscisic Acid (ABA), and plant responses to abiotic stress.
• Systems approaches, integrating genetics, post-genomics, physiology, mathematics, computer science and engineering, are being used to understand and manipulate plant development and environmental responses.
• Emphasis is placed on the transfer of molecular genetic information from studies in model species such as Arabidopsis and rice, to address important agricultural problems associated with plant developmental biology and response to abiotic stress.