Michelle L. Jones

Michelle L. Jones's research focuses on the physiology and stress tolerance of greenhouse-grown ornamental and vegetable plants, particularly petunias and marigolds. Her work examines how nutrient deficiencies, beneficial soil bacteria (plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria), and biostimulants like humic acids affect plant growth, flowering, and water-stress tolerance, and she also uses gene-editing tools like CRISPR to study flower senescence and nutrient recycling. Note that the publication list provided also contains unrelated titles on medical topics (e.g., epilepsy, organ transplantation, HIV), which appear to be from a different author with the same name and are not part of this plant-science research profile.

Publication output over the last decade has fluctuated year to year but shows a generally steady-to-growing pattern, with a notable increase in recent years (2024-2025) after a dip around 2019 and 2022-2023.

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