John Boyer

Professor Boyer has made major contributions to present day knowledge of the mechanisms by which plants respond to water stress or salinity, subjects of considerable scientific interest and economic importance to Australia. He has developed new methods of measuring plant water potentials, discovered osmotic adjustment in dehydrating plants and growth-induced water potentials in rapidly growing plants, and determined many of the primary signals controlling plant enzyme activities when drought occurs. He has actively participated in cooperative and continuing projects with Australian colleagues over several decades and has had a profound effect on Australian research in these areas.

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