U.S.-Hungary Joint Fund Research on Microspores for Maize Transformation

美国的主要目标是-匈牙利 匈牙利联合基金研究项目 约瑟夫·马斯卡伦哈斯博士 位于奥尔巴尼的纽约大学和Beata博士 巴纳巴斯农业研究所 匈牙利科学院， 开发成熟的生产方法， 培养的小孢子花粉 花药 这项工作将涉及暴露小孢子， 在花药壁上切一个切口， 炮弹轰击，花粉就会 花药成熟。 如果并且当本 初步工作表明，该系统 似乎效果很好，花粉在 花药将用于授粉研究 玉米植物的稳定转化。 玉米 是一种非常重要的农业作物， 东欧和美国， 使用花粉的转化程序将是 对遗传学基础研究具有重要意义 和植物的发育生物学， 农艺新性状工程 值 植物生理学的这个项目实现了 科学发展规划目标 知识，使领先的专家在 美国和东欧将联合收割机 人才互补、科研聚合 共同感兴趣领域的资源 和能力。

The primary objective of this U.S.-Hungary research project under the Hungary Joint Fund between Dr. Joseph Mascarenhas, State University of New York at Albany and Dr. Beata Barnabas, Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, is to develop methods for the production of mature, viable pollen from microspores cultured in anthero. The work will involve exposing microspores by making a cut in the anther wall prior to micro- projectile bombardment and the pollen will then be matured in anthero. If and when this preliminary work indicated that the system seems to be working well, the pollen matured in anthero will be used for pollination to study stable transformation of maize plants. Maize is a very important agricultural crop both in Eastern Europe and the US and a simple transformation procedure using pollen would be of significance for basic studies in genetics and developmental biology of the plant and in the engineering of new traits of agronomic value. This project in plant physiology fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling leading experts in the United States and Eastern Europe to combine complementary talents and pool research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.