Kinematic and proteomic analysis of the growth response of rice leaves to cold

Native rice cultivars of Argentina show strong difference in cold tolerance. In the context of her running PhD project, the candidate has shown that this is related to differences in physiological parameters, particularly related to photosynthesis and water use efficiency. Currently, she is performing a transcriptome analysis and a metabolite analysis to investigate differences in gene expression and selected metabolic pathways between lines with contrasting cold tolerance. The proposed project at the UA aims to complement these analyses with a kinematic analysis of cell division and expansion in the growing rice leaves of contrasting lines growing under optimal and cold conditions to understand the cellular basis of the growth effects and subsequently perform a proteome analysis of the leaf growth zone using the iTraq approach recently established in the host group.

Keywords:PROTEOMICS, MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS, GROWTH ANALYSIS

Disciplines:General biology, Plant biology