GPlantS

Genomics of Plant Stress Plant growth and yield depend much on the environment, which plays a critical role in the expression of plant genetic potential.

Environmental (abiotic) stress is a major cause of losses in plant productivity worldwide, with resulting economical instability. Our team is particularly interested in the study of the environmental impact on plant growth regulation and on the adaptation strategies that permit some plants to survive the stress. We are using a genomics approach to explain plant stress responses, from the regulatio

n of chromatin structure and epigenetic modifications, to the study of post-translational protein modifications (e.g. SUMOylation) and functional characterization of new players in the transcriptional network regulated by stress. Our main focus is rice, due to its worldwide importance as food crop and because Portugal is the main rice consumer/capita in the EU, producing 60% of its internal needs. However, we are also studying other plants such as Jatropha curcas and Prunus dulcis (almond), and Arabidopsis thaliana (as a plant model).

Endereço

Avenida República/Quinta Do Marquês
Oeiras
2780-157

Website

http://www.itqb.unl.pt/labs/gplants/

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