Rasha Althiab Almasaud Source Confirmed
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John Brown University
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Dr. Rasha Althiab Almasaud is a postdoctoral researcher at John Brown University whose work focuses on plant reproductive biology and plant molecular biology. Her research explores the physiology and cultivation of plants, incorporating both plant and animal studies. Almasaud's investigations extend to postharvest quality and shelf-life management, with a particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms influencing these processes. Her published work includes studies on how ethylene signaling modulates tomato pollen tube growth via cell wall remodeling and calcium gradient modifications. She has also demonstrated that 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid stimulates tomato pollen tube growth independent of ethylene receptors. More recently, Almasaud's research has uncovered the role of thermotolerant pollen tube growth controlled by RALF signaling in fruit and seed production in tomato.
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- Publications: 10
- Citations: 176
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