Plasticity of secondary walls to water limitation in the vasculature of Arabidopsis thaliana (B02)

B2 （Schneider）将研究植物的水传导组织木质部细胞壁模式的可塑性。木质部细胞壁的形态决定了木质部的水力导电性，并且对作为关键资源的水的可用性变化具有高度的可塑性。利用最近开发的通过自动图像分析对细胞壁模式进行高通量定量的方法，该项目将通过定量遗传学识别木质部细胞壁模式的可塑性基因，并由该小组设计的高通量自动化板表型系统提供支持。

B2 (Schneider) will investigate plasticity of cell-wall patterning in the plant’s water-conducting tissue, the xylem. The patterning of the cell wall in xylem cells determines the hydraulic conductivity of the xylem and is highly plastic to variation in the availability of water as a key resource. Using recently developed methods for high-throughput quantification of cell wall patterns by automated image analysis, the project will identify plasticity genes for xylem cell-wall patterning by quantitative genetics, facilitated by a high-throughput automated plate phenotyping system designed by the group.