Balasaheb Sonawane

My research focuses on the underlying mechanisms of carbon metabolism and hydraulics in response to environmental stress in both wild and cultivated plants, with a particular emphasis on plants with C3 and C4 types of photosynthesis. I utilize multidisciplinary approaches, including leaf physiology, biochemistry, leaf gas exchange for stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen, anatomy, phenotyping and AI tools.  Using these approaches, I aim to bridge the discovery of fundamental physiological and biochemical mechanisms for identifying exploitable leaf- and whole-plant traits to develop resource-use-efficient and climate-resilient crops for food, feed, and fodder production.