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Project
Identification and functional investigation of novel key regulators of defence responses in rice
Plants protect themselves from stress using sophisticated plant defence strategies. This proposal will deliver novel insights into key regulators controlling plant defence in monocot plants, based on gene co-expression analyses, site-specific mutagenesis and detailed functional studies. We will work on one of the largest staple crops in the world: rice, feeding 50% of the human population on a daily basis.
Date:1 Jan 2016 → 31 Jul 2021
Keywords:gene co-expression network, epigenetics, immune system, CRISPR-Cas, oryza sativa, monocot plants
Disciplines:Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering, Horticultural production, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Biomaterials engineering, Other agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences, General biology, Agricultural plant protection, Epigenetics, Scientific computing, Other (bio)medical engineering, Biological system engineering, Transcription and translation, Agriculture, land and farm management, Plant biology, Agricultural plant production, Environmental engineering and biotechnology