THE MECHANISMS OF PHOTOPROTECTION IN PLANTS - A GENOMICS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL APPROACH

应对不利的环境条件是植物在自然界中生存的关键，因此了解光适应的光保护机制对于作物改良具有重要意义。因此，在整个植物，细胞和分子水平上的有效的驯化机制是必不可少的，以适应短期和长期暴露于潜在的光损伤的充分的阳光和环境压力，如干旱和极端温度，导致植物死亡或大大减少作物产量由于自由基的损害。该项目汇集了生物物理学，生物化学，生理学和基因组学方面独特的跨学科专业知识，以阐明已知的机制并识别光保护中的未知因素。

Coping with adverse environmental conditions is central to plant survival in nature so understanding the photoprotective mechanisms of light acclimation is important for crop improvement. Therefore, effective acclimatory mechanisms at whole plant, cellular and molecular levels are essential to accommodate short and long-term exposure to potentially photodamaging full sunlight and environmental stresses, such as drought and temperature extremes that lead to plant death or greatly reduced crop yields due to free radical damage. This project brings together a unique cross-disciplinary expertise in biophysics, biochemistry, physiology and genomics to elucidate the known mechanisms and identify unknown factors in photoprotection.