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Dr. Luis Duque is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Plant Science at Pennsylvania State University. His research primarily focuses on understanding the influence of abiotic stresses on the growth and development of storage root crops, particularly Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.). He investigates carbohydrate storage remobilization, hormonal fluxes during periods of prolonged water stress, and examines plant-water relations, phenotypic plasticity, sink-source relations, and root architecture in sweetpotato. Dr. Duque employs morphometric analysis to assess plant health and environmental impacts on phenotypes. In collaboration with the Lopez-Uribe Lab, he characterizes the domestication processes that have altered floral traits and their ecological interactions. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate in the Sweetpotato Breeding Genetics Program at North Carolina State University and held a post-doctoral associate position at Cornell University.
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