
Biotechnological Assets Applied to Drought and Pests in Relevant Crops for Agribusiness
AL 04 - Molecular Physiology
Laboratory Activities with PlantStress Biotech INCT
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Sequencing and integrating transcriptomes of model plants (Arabdopsis, Setaria) subjected to drought and high temperature during bioassays.
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Validate the function of plant genes potentially involved in the mechanisms of drought tolerance in Arabidopsis, rice or sepia plants via overexpression or silencing strategies.
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Generate PGMs from soybean, cotton and corn via strategies of overexpression or silencing of plant genes and evaluate the phenotype obtained regarding drought tolerance.
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Phenotyping (greenhouse or field) maize, soybean and cotton populations resulting from crossing GM events to obtain proof of concept of drought tolerance and/or resistance to Spodoptera frugiperda, Helicoverpa armigera or Meloidogyne spp.
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Generate PGMs from soybean, cotton and corn via strategies of overexpression or silencing of plant genes and evaluate the phenotype obtained regarding drought tolerance.
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Organize, maintain and share an in vivo bank of the innovation assets obtained in the project shared by INCT members.
Contact
Joaquim Albenisio Gomes da Silveira