Dr. Russell Sharp - Research-Active Staff

Russell's research interests involve the application of plant science to the horticultural industry and the use of horticulture as a plant conservation tool:

The manipulation long distance signals to improve plant quality, reduce costs and water use on ornamental nurseries.

Improving the propagation on hardy nursery stock plants by controlling the plant stress response in cuttings and grafted trees and shrubs.

The pollination ecology and cultivation of East Asian shade tolerant plants (Asarum and Aspidistra).

The propagation and conservation of the African plum (Prunus Africana).

The reintroduction of 'lost' varieties of horticultural crops.

Sharp, R.G., Chen, L., Davies, W.J. (2011) Inoculation of growing media with the rhizobacterium Variovorax paradoxus 5C-2 reduces unwanted stress responses in hardy ornamental species. Scientia Horticulturae. In press.

Sharp, R.G., Cameron, R.W., Else, M.A., Davies, W.J. (2010) Gibberellin-mediated suppression of floral initiation in the long-day plant Rhododendron cv. Hatsugiri. Scientia Horticulturae. 124(2): 231-238.

Sharp, R.G., Davies, W.J. (2009) Variability among species in the apoplastic pH signalling response to drying soils. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60(15): 4363-4370.

Sharp, R.G., Cameron, R.W., Else, M.A., Davies, W.J. (2009) Water deficits promote flowering in Rhododendron via regulation of pre and post initiation development. Scientia Horticulturae. 120(4): 511-517.

Sharp, R.G. (2009) Taking Asarum out of the shade. The Plantsman. (September edition)

• International Society of Horticultural Scientists (ISHS)
• British Ecological Society (BES)
• Institute for Learning (IFL)

May (2008). 1st International Symposium on Woody Ornamentals of the Temperate Zone.  Presented paper on The Role of pH signalling in the Control of Water Use in Woody Perennials.

Farmers Club Bursary (2011). Ethnic field vegetable production suitable to the UK climate and current ethnic demand: Using Chinese Yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia) as a case study.

East Midlands Development Agency Innovation Fellowship (2010). The Dynamic Glasshouse project.

Horticulture Development Council (2010) PhD studentship awarded to study the hormonal control of adventitious root formation in cuttings.
 

Julia Lock  http://www.moulton.ac.uk/research-staff/julia-lock.asp

Rhydian Beynon-Davies http://www.moulton.ac.uk/research-staff/rhydian-beynon-davies.asp

Anestis Kavakopoulos (Based at De Montfort University). 1st Supervisor Prof. Li Shao in the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development  http://www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk/staff/li_shao.php