Rate My Professor Peter Sharp

Sharp's research specializations and academic interests center on plant genetics and breeding, particularly in wheat. Key areas include mesophyll conductance, dormancy, mutation detection via TILLING methods, introgression from alien species like Secale strictum subsp. anatolicum, lutein esterification, flour mixing protein interactions, triacylglycerol accumulation through genetic engineering, and genes for glume color. Notable publications are 'Genetic control of mesophyll conductance in common wheat' (New Phytologist, 2016), 'A Modified TILLING Method for Wheat Breeding' (Plant Genome, 2009), 'Dormancy in white-grained wheat: Progress towards identification of genes and molecular markers' (Plant Molecular Biology, 2002), 'Secale strictum subsp. anatolicum derivatives: production and characterization' (Genome, 2020), 'A Synergistic Genetic Engineering Strategy Induced Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Leaves' (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020), 'Protein interactions during flour mixing using wheat flour with altered starch' (Journal of Cereal Science, 2017), 'Genome-wide SNP discovery and population structure analysis in bread wheat' (BMC Genomics, 2016), and 'Identification of a recessive gene RgM4G52 conferring red glume color in bread wheat' (Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024). He has authored 127 publications, garnering over 6,560 citations. In 2019, Sharp was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science while at the University of Sydney.