Dr David Burritt

Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany

Dr David Burritt is a senior lecturer in the department of Botany. His research interests include the stress physiology of plants, algae and animals and the use of biotechnology for the improvement of crop plants.

For more information on David: http://www.botany.otago.ac.nz/people/staff/burritt.html

Teaching

David is currently on Research and Study Leave for 2011.

Recent Publications

Burritt, D.J. Efficient cryopreservation of adventitious shoots of Begonia x erythrophylla using encapsulation-dehydration requires pretreatment with both ABA and proline. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 95, 209-215 (2008).

Burritt, D.J. The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene causes oxidative stress and alters polyamine metabolism in the aquatic liverwort Riccia fluitans L. Plant Cell and Environment 31, 1416-1431 (2008).