US-India Cooperative Research: Comparative Transcript Analysis of Oryza and Porteresia during Salinity Stress

描述：该奖项支持美国和印度的合作研究“盐胁迫期间水稻和波特雷西亚的比较转录分析”。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的汉斯·J·博纳特教授和加尔各答博斯研究所的A·N·拉希里·马琼德教授将合作，使用两个物种Oryza和Porteresia探索单子叶动物的耐盐性。研究人员建议利用Oryza容易获得的基因组序列和基因组资源来剖析Porteresia的耐盐性。这些发现应该会提供一组对耐盐性很重要的新基因，并为未来操纵具有这种属性的谷类作物提供一个平台。范围：该项目将在一个重要的研究领域促进与印度科学家的联系，并在美国和印度提供基因组学和植物分子生物学方面的培训。研究人员在相互补充的领域经验丰富，分子和生物化学研究的结合将导致对谷物耐盐性的更广泛理解。预计两国在科学交流和研究生发展方面将互惠互利。这项研究由生物科学局、植物基因组研究计划和印度政府科技部(DST)根据NSF/DST联合计划提供支持。

Description: This award supports the US-India cooperative research "Comparative Transcript Analysis of Oryza and Porteresia during Salinity Stress." Professors Hans J. Bohnert, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and A. N. Lahiri Majumder, Bose Institute, Kolkata will collaborate on exploring salinity tolerance in monocots using two species, Oryza and Porteresia. The researchers propose to exploit the genome sequence and genomic resources readily available for Oryza to dissect salt tolerance in Porteresia. The findings should provide a new set of genes important for salt tolerance and a platform for future manipulations of cereal crops with this attribute. Scope: This project will foster ties with Indian scientists in an important research area and provide training in genomics and plant molecular biology in the US and India. The investigators are highly experienced in areas that compliment each other and the combination of molecular and biochemical studies will result in broader understanding of salt tolerance in cereals. Mutual benefits with respect to scientific exchange and graduate student development are expected for both countries. This research is supported by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Plant Genome Research Program and the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the NSF/DST joint program.