Code
01CD11423
Duration
01 January 2024 → 30 June 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Plant developmental and reproductive biology
- Plant genetics
- Transcriptomics
Keywords
Drought
Growth
Maize
GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR 1 (GIF1)
Spatial transcriptomics
PLASTOCHRON1 (PLA1)
shoot apical meristem (SAM)
HISTONE1-LIKE (H1L)
Project description
To unravel how shoot growth is orchestrated by the SAM, three genes that are co-expressed in the shoot apex were studied, H1L, GIF1 and PLA1. Using spatial transcriptomics, I show that the hormonal balance is disturbed in the pla1 mutant. h1l mutants show a higher drought tolerance and the h1lGIF1_OE mutant has enhanced growth under control and drought conditions.