| Grant number: | 16/50189-0 |
| Support type: | Regular Research Grants |
| Duration: | March 01, 2017 - August 31, 2019 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology |
| Cooperation agreement: | University of Melbourne |
| Mobility Program: | SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade |
| Principal researcher: | Igor Cesarino |
| Grantee: | Igor Cesarino |
| Principal researcher abroad: | Steffan Persson |
| Institution abroad: | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| 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)