Developmental functions of oxygen and redox cues in plants

这个项目旨在改变我们对分生组织功能调控的理解，中心假设是植物细胞的静止(受抑制的细胞分裂)是由氧和氧化/还原(氧化/还原)依赖的信号控制的。分生组织是植物生长的顶端，因此是植物生长和生产力的基本单位。这个项目将开发植物如何整合环境变化来调节分生组织活动的新知识。这个项目将定义氧气和氧化还原状态如何与能量和其他信号相互作用的新范式，以调节生长或停滞的决定。这将支持制定新的战略，以优化作物管理和生产力，提高投入效率，并降低作物生产决策的风险。

This project aims to transform our understanding of the regulation of meristem functions, with a central hypothesis that plant cell quiescence (repressed cell division) is governed by oxygen and oxidation/reduction (redox)-dependent cues. Meristems are the growing tips of plants, and thus the fundamental unit of plant growth and productivity. This project will develop new knowledge of how plants integrate changes in the environment to regulate meristem activity. This project will define new paradigms of how oxygen and redox status interact with energy and other cues to regulate decisions to grow or quiesce. This will underpin the development of new strategies to optimise crop management and productivity, improve the efficiency of inputs, and reduce the risk of decision making in crop production.