Code
01D01619
Duration
01 October 2019 → 31 October 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Plant cell and molecular biology
- Plant developmental and reproductive biology
- Plant genetics
Keywords
plant reproduction
pollen development
reduced fertility
meiosis
meiotic defects
temperature sensitivity
Project description
High and low temperatures or sudden temperature shifts during flowering cause reduced fertility due to various defects during meiosis and gamete formation. This project will explore the natural variation in temperature sensitivity in order to identify genetic factors and alleles responsible for defects in male meiosis and reduced fertility in Arabidopsis and rice during temperature stress.