Effects of CaGolS2 expression on the primary metabolism of sugarcane

• Grant number: 16/13069-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Danilo da Cruz Centeno
• Grantee: Ana Clara de Oliveira Cruz
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/23838-7 - Change in carbon balance in grasses in order to increase sugar production, AP.BIOEN.JP

Abstract

In this project, individuals from the SP80 -3280 variety of sugarcane with the insertion of the gene that codifies for the key enzyme of the metabolism of rafinose series oligosaccharides (ROS), galactinol synthase (CaGolS2), derived from Coffea arabica, will have their primary metabolism analyzed. For this purpose, both leafs and culms of transformed and wild type sugarcane, grown under greenhouse conditions, will have their content of total soluble sugars, rafinose series oligosaccharides and metabolic profile evaluated. The possible variations caused by the insertion of the gene will be correlated to previous physiological and biomass parameters obtained for these plants. (AU)