Objective
Background and state of the Art: Gibberellins (GAs) are essential endogenous regulators that influence growth and development events throughout the life cycle of plants. Knowledge of GA signal transduction has advanced recently through research in a number of European labs and these are brought together in this proposal to form an internationally competitive and multi-disciplinary group to enhance knowledge of GA signal transduction and explore its use to develop novel methods of improving crop quality without the use of growth regulator chemicals.
Objectives: Are described below and involve discovery and characterization of new genes and gene products involved in GA signal transduction. Work Package A: Identification and characterization of GA receptors and binding proteins
Work Package B: Isolation and characterization of GA signal transduction components by molecular genetic approaches
Work Package C: Unravelling GA regulation of gene expression during flowering and germination
Work Package D: Examining the exploitation potential of the Arabidopsis dominant GA-insensitivity gene gai for modifying crop growth Industrial context: Agriculture, horticulture, citriculture and brewing industries, in Europe and world-wide, exploit the powerful growth regulating properties of GAs to enhance crop quality and efficiency.
The partnership involves two industrial organizations that will contribute to three of the above work packages.
This programme will advance understanding of the regulation of plant development through GA signal transduction, by identifying genes encoding components of signalling pathways and determining their function. The research will produce high-impact scientific publications and advance scientific and technical knowledge. It will interface strongly with a food industry. It will evaluate the applicability of one isolated gene, gai, for modifying plant growth. This should lead to new opportunities to manipulate crop growth and development that are more specific and subtle than the use of growth regulator chemicals.
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- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture horticulture
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United Kingdom
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