Project Details
Projekt
Ecophysiology of transgenic plants expressing an alien defence pathway (B05)
Subject Area
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Term
from 2011 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 170483403
Plants synthesise a huge variety of secondary metabolites that constitute the arsenal of chemical defence. Often specific defence compounds are restricted to members of one plant family. Secondary biosynthesis branches off primary metabolism via signature enzymes. This allows transgenic expression of specific pathways in any given plant and opens the potential to increase the plant¿s defence repertoire. We propose to investigate the ecophysiology of transgenic expression of benzoxazinoids (Bx), defence compounds that are present in many grasses including the crops maize and wheat through the transfer of the Bx gene cluster to Arabidopsis.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Project Head
Dr. Monika Frey
