Molecular, genetic and phenotypic analysis of a historical row-type mutant of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) with irregular spikelet fertility

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Thorsten Schnurbusch
• Subject Area: Plant Breeding and Plant Pathology
• Term: from 2016 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 312982209

We are interested in the molecular elucidation of the labile row-type in barley showing irregular spikelet fertility along the spike. The labile row-type is a natural row-type variant predominantly occurring in accessions from Ethiopia. In a recent study, my group mapped the recessive labile (lab) locus to the long arm of chromosome 5H (Youssef et al., 2014). During the proposed project we would like to (i) phenotypically better understand the labile phenotype (macro- and microscopically), (ii) identify the gene underlying the lab locus, and (iii) investigate its molecular function.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants