Securing Seed Oil Synthesis

植物油是全球生物经济的支柱。确保所需成分的优质油的供应是现代农业面临的挑战。洛桑研究所在油籽研究方面有着悠久的历史，该项目汇集了一批国际知名的科学家，他们在油籽油合成、改性和分解的各个方面都有专业知识。该项目旨在为次优环境下的农民提供产量更高的油籽作物。要做到这一点，需要更深入地了解油在极端环境下如何在作物中发挥作用；探讨脂质在介导非生物胁迫耐受中的作用。该项目将涉及将与极端微生物Eutrema salsugineum的脂质特征相关的功能转移到作物品种Camelina sativa中，目的是创造一种能够耐受各种环境的高产油籽作物。脂质生物化学和分析技能将获得与亚麻荠物种的转录组学分析相结合。该项目将结合转录组学和代谢分析，利用由洛桑研究所建立的“脂质组学平台”（包括LC-MS/MS， ESI-MS/MS和GC-FID）提供的分析能力。这个独特的平台将提供脂质在植物胁迫生物学中的作用的系统级描述。

Vegetable oils underpin the global bio-based economy. Securing the supply of quality oils of the required composition is the challenge facing modern Agriculture. Rothamsted Research has a long history of oil seed research and this project brings together a collection of internationally recognised scientists with expertise in all aspects of seed oil synthesis, modification and breakdown. This project aims to deliver an oil seed crop with increased yield to farmers in sub-optimal environments. To do this requires a greater understanding of how oil assembly works in crops subject to extreme environments; addressing the role of lipids in mediating abiotic stress tolerance.This project will involve moving functionality associated with the lipid profile of the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum, into the crop species Camelina sativa with the aim of creating a high yielding oil seed crop that can tolerate a range of environments. Lipid biochemistry and profiling skills will be gained in conjunction with transcriptomic analysis of the Camelina species.The project will combine transcriptomic and metabolic analysis utilizing analytical capabilities offered by the "lipidomics platform" (incorporating LC-MS/MS, ESI-MS/MS, and GC-FID), established at Rothamsted. This unique platform will provide a systems level description of the role of lipids in plant stress biology.