Genetic transformation of maize mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens to obtaining resistance to abiotic stresses

• Grant number: 20/10677-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2020
• End date: October 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Plant Genetics
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Arruda
• Grantee: Letícia Rios Vieira
• Host Institution: Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética (CBMEG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Company: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética (CBMEG)
• Associated research grant: 16/23218-0 - The Genomics for Climate Change Research Center, AP.PCPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/01605-2 - Leaf genetic transformation of different maize inbred lines using the GRF-GIF morphogenic genes, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Global climate change poses a major threat to agricultural production and food security worldwide and, especially, in the tropics. Research and development efforts to develop plants adapted to the conditions of severe water stress and high temperatures have been concentrated in the large transnational agricultural biotechnology companies. In Brazil, despite the scientific critical mass of excellence in plant biotechnology, we still do not have relevant products generated by Brazilian institutions on the market, especially for global crops such as corn and soybeans. This postdoctoral scholarship project proposal aims to optimize the maize transformation process, mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, so that the Genomics Research Center for Climate Change (GCCRC) achieves the objective of generating genetically modified plants tolerant to dry. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

YASSITEPE, JULIANA ERIKA DE CARVALHO TEIXEIRA; DA SILVA, VIVIANE CRISTINA HEINZEN; HERNANDES-LOPES, JOSE; DANTE, RICARDO AUGUSTO; GERHARDT, ISABEL RODRIGUES; FERNANDES, FERNANDA RAUSCH; DA SILVA, PRISCILA ALVES; VIEIRA, LETICIA RIOS; BONATTI, VANESSA; ARRUDA, PAULO. Maize Transformation: From Plant Material to the Release of Genetically Modified and Edited Varieties. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, v. 12, OCT 14 2021. (20/09007-1, 18/06442-9, 16/23218-0, 20/10677-1)