Project description
Improved crops for large-scale production of phytosterols
Phytosterols, precious biomolecules deriving from agricultural waste stuff, are used as a livestock food and as a raw material in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors. The development of bioengineering programmes and high-quality crops for the large-scale production of phytosterols represents a key challenge for farmers and biologists. The project will perform a functional molecular characterization of a tobacco variant containing an as-yet-unknown semi-dominant mutation responsible for phytosterol overproduction, and of mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana manifesting the suppression of phytosterol low-production phenotypes. Through advanced genomics, the EU-funded HiPhy project will identify master regulators of phytosterol biosynthesis and accumulation in plants.
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MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panelCoordinator
75794 Paris
France
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