Tuning plant growth mechanics

调整植物生长机制

• 批准号: 2573308
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2573308
• 关键词: Tuning; plant; growth; mechanics

The size and shape of plant organs, such as fruits and stems, are important traits that have been strongly selected during crop domestication and improvement. However, our knowledge of how genes control plant shape is very limited. Filling this gap will be important to take advantage of new technologies for crop improvement or for rapid re-domestication of new species.This project aims to understand the mechanism of action of one of the major types of genes that have caused changes in plant organ shape during domestication and crop improvement, taking advantage of unique Arabidopsis experimental resources combined with advanced image analysis and computational modelling of tissue growth.

植物器官（例如果实和茎）的大小和形状是在作物驯化和改良过程中经过严格选择的重要性状。然而，我们对基因如何控制植物形状的了解非常有限。填补这一空白对于利用新技术进行作物改良或新物种的快速再驯化非常重要。该项目旨在利用独特的拟南芥实验资源，结合先进的图像分析和组织生长计算模型，了解在驯化和作物改良过程中引起植物器官形状变化的主要基因之一的作用机制。