Dr. Clare Bowen O'Connor

BSc.(UWI)
PhD. (NMSU)

Lecturer, Horticulture
Ext.: 84056
E-mail: clare.bowenoconnor@sta.uwi.edu

Research Interests

Micropropagation of woody crops; ecophysiology of crops; conservation and landscape horticulture in tropical environments; sustainable agriculture and agroforestry.

My key areas of interest are:

Landscape Horticulture in the Caribbean
Crop Ecophysiology
Tissue culture of woody plants
Agroforestry

Selected recent publications

Bowen-O’Connor, C., J. Hubstenberger, C. Killough, D. M. VanLeeuwen, and R. St. Hilaire 2007. In vitro propagation of Acer grandidentatum Nutt. In vitro Cellular and Development Biology - Plant 43:40-50.
Bowen-O’Connor, C. and R. St. Hilaire. 2004. Micropropagation of bigtooth maple. Landscape Plant News 15:1- 4.

Conference/ workshop presentations

Bowen-O’Connor, C., C. Killough, D. VanLeeuwen and R. St. Hilaire. 2007. Using amino-purine cytokinins to optimize microshoot production of bigtooth maples. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bowen-O’Connor, C., C. Killough, D. VanLeeuwen and R. St. Hilaire. 2007. Acclimation and development of bigtooth maple microshoots rooted ex vitro. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bowen-O’Connor, C., C. Killough, G. Bettman and R. St. Hilaire. 2007. Foliar pigment content and antioxidant capacity of bigtooth maples indigenous to a wide geographic region. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bowen-O’Connor, C., J. Hubstenberger, D. VanLeeuwen and R. St. Hilaire. 2005. In vitro micropropagation of bigtooth maple. Symposium of In vitro Biology, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bowen-O’Connor, C., J. Hubstenberger, D. VanLeeuwen and R. St. Hilaire. 2005. In vitro rooting of bigtooth maple microshoots. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bowen-O’Connor, C., R. St. Hilaire, J. Hubstenberger, and D. VanLeeuwen. 2004. Enhanced axillary branching and pigment development of double-node explants of bigtooth maple. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Austin, Texas.