Evaluation of contrasting progenies transcriptome for the accumulation of biomass and identification of regulation networks

• Grant number: 17/02270-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: January 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Molecular Biology
• Principal Investigator: Glaucia Mendes Souza
• Grantee: Augusto Lima Diniz
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50921-8 - Signaling and regulatory network studies associated to the energy cane, AP.BIOEN.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/15852-9 - The transcriptional landscape and co-expression networks of sugarcane, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

The development of the cellulosic ethanol technology, in which the bagasse is used to produce ethanol, has generated interest in the development of the energy cane, which has more fiber and biomass. The development of the energy cane will favor the production of cellulosic ethanol and its biomass can also be used in thermochemical and biorefineries with the integrated production of multiple products including biofuels, bioelectricity, chemical compounds, biogas and heat. For each sugarcane variety released, lower yield gains have been observed, which may be caused by the narrow genetic base of commercial varieties (Dal-Bianco, Carneiro et al., 2012). The analysis of crosses with ancestral genotypes has addressed the need to increase the genetic base used in the development of modern commercial hybrids. In this project, we will analyze the physiology and biochemistry of progenies from crosses between commercial and ancestral varieties and select genotypes with characteristics desirable to the energy cane for the study of the transcriptome. For the development of the energy cane, it is necessary to modify the characteristics of sugarcane by changing the partition of carbon from sugar to biomass. This strategy involves the knowledge of the regulatory networks of secondary cell wall metabolism, the main component of plant biomass. (AU)

Scientific publications

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FEDERICO, MARIA L.; DINIZ, AUGUSTO L.; SOUZA, GLAUCIA M.; SNOWDON, ROD; ERAZZU, LUIS. Translational genomics from sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) to sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) for bioenergy breeding. PLANT BREEDING, v. 141, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2022-04-01. (14/50921-8, 17/02270-6)

DINIZ, AUGUSTO L.; FERREIRA, SAVIO S.; TEN-CATEN, FELIPE; MARGARIDO, GABRIEL R. A.; DOS SANTOS, JOAO M.; BARBOSA, GERALDO V. DE S.; CARNEIRO, MONALISA S.; SOUZA, GLAUCIA M.. Genomic resources for energy cane breeding in the post genomics era. COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, v. 17, p. 1404-1414, 2019. (14/50921-8, 16/06917-1, 15/22993-7, 17/02270-6)

SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES; VAN SLUYS, MARIE-ANNE; LEMBKE, CAROLINA GIMILIANI; LEE, HAYAN; MARGARIDO, GABRIEL RODRIGUES ALVES; HOTTA, CARLOS TAKESHI; GAIARSA, JONAS WEISSMANN; DINIZ, AUGUSTO LIMA; OLIVEIRA, MAURO DE MEDEIROS; FERREIRA, SAVIO DE SIQUEIRA; et al. Assembly of the 373k gene space of the polyploid sugarcane genome reveals reservoirs of functional diversity in the world's leading biomass crop. GIGASCIENCE, v. 8, n. 12, DEC 2019. (13/07467-1, 08/52074-0, 14/50921-8, 15/22993-7, 12/51062-3, 17/02270-6, 11/50761-2, 16/17545-8, 16/06917-1, 13/23048-9, 08/52146-0)

DINIZ, AUGUSTO LIMA; RODRIGUES DA SILVA, DANIELLE IZILDA; LEMBKE, CAROLINA GIMILIANI; LAMAS COSTA, MAXIMILLER DAL-BIANCO; TEN-CATEN, FELIPE; LI, FORREST; VILELA, ROMEL DUARTE; MENOSSI, MARCELO; WARE, DOREEN; ENDRES, LAURICIO; et al. Amino Acid and Carbohydrate Metabolism Are Coordinated to Maintain Energetic Balance during Drought in Sugarcane. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v. 21, n. 23, DEC 2020. (13/13659-0, 15/01764-0, 17/02270-6, 14/50921-8, 19/15852-9)

SANTINI, LUCIANE; YOSHIDA, LEONARDO; DE OLIVEIRA, KAIQUE DIAS; LEMBKE, CAROLINA GIMILIANI; DINIZ, AUGUSTO LIMA; CANTELLI, GERALDO CESAR; NISHIYAMA-JUNIOR, MILTON YUTAKA; SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES. Antisense Transcription in Plants: A Systematic Review and an Update on cis-NATs of Sugarcane. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v. 23, n. 19, p. 21-pg., 2022-10-01. (08/52146-0, 20/07851-0, 20/10876-4, 14/50921-8, 18/09867-0, 17/02270-6)

SOUZA, GLAUCIA MENDES; VAN SLUYS, MARIE-ANNE; LEMBKE, CAROLINA GIMILIANI; LEE, HAYAN; MARGARIDO, GABRIEL RODRIGUES ALVES; HOTTA, CARLOS TAKESHI; GAIARSA, JONAS WEISSMANN; DINIZ, AUGUSTO LIMA; OLIVEIRA, MAURO DE MEDEIROS; FERREIRA, SAVIO DE SIQUEIRA; et al. Assembly of the 373k gene space of the polyploid sugarcane genome reveals reservoirs of functional diversity in the world's leading biomass crop. GIGASCIENCE, v. 8, n. 12, p. 18-pg., 2019-12-01. (14/50921-8, 08/52074-0, 15/22993-7, 08/52146-0, 12/51062-3, 13/07467-1, 17/02270-6, 11/50761-2, 13/23048-9, 16/06917-1, 16/17545-8)