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High Throughput Quantitative Biochemical Phenotyping

Rising CO₂ concentration is a potential boon for crop production, which, if fully exploited, could offset many of the deleterious impacts of global change on crop productivity.  Free Air CO₂ Enrichment experiments have shown that the few lines of crops that have been tested in their production environment had a less than maximal responses to CO₂.  Given the 10-15 year timeline to move from discovery to commercial application, there is an urgent need to evaluate current germplasm for CO₂ responsiveness.  Meeting this challenge will require the combination of quantitative genetics with molecular and biochemical phenotyping and general agronomic and biochemical understanding of CO₂ responsive germplasm.  This project aims to develop a platform for high throughput biochemical phenotyping that can be used to aid identification of CO₂ responsive germplasm (see Ainsworth et al. 2008).

Transient carbohydrate pool dynamics in loblolly pines grown at elevated CO₂

This project will provide information on transient carbohydrate pools in loblolly pines grown at elevated CO₂ concentration and a low and high N supply.  The data collected will contribute to efforts to increase understanding of carbon partitioning in forests in a high CO₂ environment.

Synergistic interactions between poplar and endophytic bacteria

In collaboration with Niels van der Lelie, Lee Newman, Safiyh Taghavi, Rich Ferrieri, Lisa Miller and Jörg Schwender we are attempting to understand the growth promoting effects of endophytic bacteria on poplar and ultimately improve the suitability of poplar for use as a bioenergy feedstock.

Increase rapeseed oil yield using a systems biology approach

We are part of an international consortium which is aiming to increase carbon partitioning towards oil storage in rape seed.

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