| Grant number: | 16/50189-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | March 01, 2017 |
| End date: | August 31, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology |
| Agreement: | University of Melbourne |
| Mobility Program: | SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade |
| Principal Investigator: | Igor Cesarino |
| Grantee: | Igor Cesarino |
| Principal researcher abroad: | STAFFAN PERSSON |
| Institution abroad: | University of Melbourne , Australia |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| City of the host institution: | São Paulo |
| Associated research grant: | 12/19561-0 - Regulation of Plant Growth by the Target Of Rapamycin (TOR) Pathway, AP.BIOEN.JP |
Abstract
Plants ability to grow tall and slender depends on how well they produce secondary cell wall structures. These structures are largely made of sugar-based polymers, and also constitute the bulk of a plant's biomass and are thus also essential for many industrial applications, including fuel, construction and biomaterials. We will investigate how a central carbon-coordinator, the TOR complex, regulates the carbon partitioning into secondary walls in Arabidopsis and the important C4 crop model plant Setaria viridis. The results will lay a foundation to an important research collaboration that include student exchange and that will strengthen the alignments between FAPESP and the University of Melbourne. (AU)
| Articles published in Agência FAPESP Newsletter about the research grant: |
| More itemsLess items |
| TITULO |
| Articles published in other media outlets ( ): |
| More itemsLess items |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |
| VEICULO: TITULO (DATA) |