Project Details
Projekt
Physiological, molecular and epigenetic approaches to investigate regulation of leaf senescence by chloroplast derived signals
Subject Area
Plant Physiology
Term
from 2009 to 2012
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 163965869
Molecular and epigenetic changes during leaf senescence will be characterized in barley flag leaves which have been collected from fields and have been characterized for various photosynthetic parameters. One objective of the project is to elucidate early development related events in the photosynthetic apparatus which precede the expression of senescence associated genes in the nucleus. Another objective is to identify chloroplast signals and putative mediators of retrograde signalling affecting senescence associated chromatin modifications and gene expression in the nucleus. Based on the data of this field trial hypotheses on the mechanism of senescence regulation by chloroplast originating signals will be developed. These hypotheses will be tested in future projects which will be conducted in an interdisciplinary context of a package application by WB, HK, KH and KK.
DFG Programme
Research Grants
Participating Persons
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Bilger; Professor Dr. Henning Kage
