Proteolysis in Chloroplasts.

Biological nitrogen fixation.

Molecular regulation of plant response to drought and salinity, Forestry biotechnology, Plant tissue culture and propagation, Plant gene-culture coevolution and niche construction.

Application of genetic engineering to plant breeding and physiology.

Plant breeding, preservation of the genetic resources, manpower-training in developing countries.

Infectious and zoonotic diseases of companion animals.

Normal and pathological physiology of the vertebrate central nervous system. 

Chlorophyll breakdown and chloroplast senescence; role of ethylene in citrus fruit ripening; flower induction in fruit trees; history and genetics of the Citron.

Molecular endocrinology and hormonal regulation of growth and differentiation, somatogenic and lactogenic hormones.

Diseases and disease resistance in natural populations of crop progenitors.

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Environmental Microbiology, Recycling Municipal and Agricultural Waste, Degradation of lignocellulose.

Comparative medicine. Diseases transmitted from animals to man.