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Program Grants and Outputs for Year 2001

 

Grant Title:

Drought Tolerant Maize via Resurrection Plant Genes

PI:

Jennifer Thomson and Sagadevan Mundree

Grantee:

University of Cape Town

Amount:

US $246,450

Duration:

Three Years

Contact Details

(Dr. J.A. Thomson)

Department of Microbiology

University of Cape Town

PB Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Phone: +27 (21) 650-3269 /70

Fax: +27 (21) 689-7573

Email direct from site: JAT@molbiol.uct.ac.za

Project Outputs

  • XVSAP1 (membrane protein) confers tolerance to salinity and water deficit in transgenic Arabidopsis and Tobacco (J. Exp. Bot. 2003. 54,191-201 and paper submitted). 

  • XVPER1 (peroxiredoxin) has been introduced into Digitaria sanguinalis and maize and the plants will be tested shortly (Planta 2002. 215,716-726 )

  • ALDRXV4 (aldose reductase) has been introduced into Digitaria sanguinalis and will be tested shortly (Planta 211,693-700 2000).

 

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