Plasticity of secondary walls to water limitation in the vasculature of Arabidopsis thaliana (B02)

• Subject Area: Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 512328399

B2 (Schneider) will investigate plasticity of cell-wall patterning in the plant’s water-conducting tissue, the xylem. The patterning of the cell wall in xylem cells determines the hydraulic conductivity of the xylem and is highly plastic to variation in the availability of water as a key resource. Using recently developed methods for high-throughput quantification of cell wall patterns by automated image analysis, the project will identify plasticity genes for xylem cell-wall patterning by quantitative genetics, facilitated by a high-throughput automated plate phenotyping system designed by the group.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1644: Phenotypic plasticity in plants – Mechanisms, constraints and evolution
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Head: Dr. Rene Schneider