Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Koch Lab
Led by Karen E. Koch · Horticultural Sciences
What we study
The Koch Lab studies sugar metabolism, sensing, and partitioning in plants. They use experiments and genetic approaches to understand how plants regulate sugar transport and development.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Plants
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Sorbitol dehydrogenase aids grain fill and integrates carbohydrate metabolism with redox in the hypoxic maize endosperm
2026 · The Plant Cell
Tests how sorbitol dehydrogenase helps maize grains grow in low oxygen.
- Over-expression of XA21 binding protein 3 enhances rice survival under water-deficit stress
2025 · Plant Science
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- Rhomboid-mediated cleavage of the immune receptor XA21 protects grain set and male fertility in rice
2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Shows how rice protects its grains from disease using a protein-cleaving enzyme.
- Functional genomics and structural insights into maize aldo-keto reductase-4 family: Stress metabolism and substrate specificity in embryos
2025 · Journal of Biological Chemistry
Studies maize enzymes that convert sugars and toxic compounds in embryos.
- A sucrose ferulate cycle linchpin for feruloylation of arabinoxylans in plant commelinids
2024 · Nature Plants
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How to reach out
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