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Prolongation of leaf life by autoregulatory senescence inhibition in cassava
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| Coordinating organisation: | Institute of Plant Sciences |
| Description: | Cassava leaves contain valuable high quality protein. In certain regions they constitute a major component in the daily protein intake. Leaf harvesting reduces root yields. Thus leaves can only be harvested every two months. Prolonging the life of individual leaves could maintain a satisfactory photosynthetic area while allowing more frequent harvesting of leaves. We want to produce transgenic cassava plants expressing the ipt gene from A. tumefaciens under the control of a senescence-specific promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. By use of senescence specific promoter, an autoregulated production of cytokinin leading to prolonged leaf life should be obtained. |
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| Start: | 2001-07-01 |
| End: | 2010-12-31 |
| Species: | Cassava |
| Total number of staff: | 3 |
| Number of staff abroad: | 1 |
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| ARD-theme: | plant genetic resources plant breeding |
| Target country: | Colombia Nigeria Switzerland |
| Commodity: | root/tuber |
| Ecosystem: | humid tropical |
| Activity: | research |
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| Participating organisations: | 2 |
| Last editing: | 2005-11-11 13:23:12 |