Malcolm Drew

Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2133

Phone: 979-854-4462 FAX: 979-845-0627

E-mail: mcdrew@tamu.edu

Malcolm Drew received his B.S. and Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Nutrition from the University of Oxford, England in 1962 and 1966, respectively. He held post doctoral positions at the University of California and Washington State University and was a visiting professor at the University of California. Dr. Drew is a Member of the Graduate Faculty of Texas A&M University and can serve as a Chair, Co-Chair or Member of Graduate Student Advising Committees. He became a member of the Graduate Faculty in August 1986. Dr. Drew's area of research is plant physiology, especially in relation to structure, physiology and function of plant roots; plant responses to environmental stress, particularly oxygen shortage, excess salinity, drought, and nutrient deficiency, investigated at cellular, tissue and whole plant level; and mechanisms of ion transport, including use of short lived radioisotopes.

"Important aspects to me are to give a student an opportunity for an 'in depth' understanding of a scientifically interesting phenomenon, and to encourage originality in thinking, to encourage innovative research leading to publications, and to provide advanced training for a professional career."

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Payne, W.A., M.C. Drew, L.R. Hossner and R.J. Lascano. 1996. Measurement and modelling of photosynthetic response of pearl millet to soil phosphorus addition. Plant and Soil 184:67-73.

He, C.J., P.W. Morgan and M.C. Drew. 1996. Transduction of an ethylene signal is required for cell death and lysis in the root cortex of maize during aerenchyma formation induced by hypoxia. Plant Physiology 112:463-472.

He, C.J., S.A. Finlayson, M.C. Drew and W.R. Jordan. 1996. Ethylene biosynthesis during aerenchyma formation in roots of Zea mays L. subjected to mechanical impedance and hypoxia. Plant Physiology 112:1679-1685.

Drew, M.C. 1997. Oxygen deficiency and root metabolism: injury and acclimation under hypoxia and anoxia. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 48:223-250.

Gonzalez-Rodriquez, H., J.K.M. Roberts, W.R. Jordan and M.C. Drew. 1997. Growth, water relations, and accumulation of organic and inorganic solutes in roots of maize seedlings during salt stress. Plant Physiology 113:881-893.

Morgan, P.W. and M.C. Drew. 1997. Ethylene and plant response to stress. Physiologia Plantarum 100:620-630.

Hole, D.J., A.M. Emran and M.C. Drew. 1997. Influx and efflux kinetics of ammonium transport in maize roots. Maydica 42:347-354.