Folate salvage in plants

Fundamental knowledge concerning folate salvage in plants will be obtained, starting from transgenic riceplants (GA-lines) with adhanced folate concentrations. The effect of downregulation and overexpression of pterin aldehyde reductase (PTAR), enzymes involved in folate salvage, on folate levels will be investigated. PTAR downregulated rice plants will be obtained through insertion mutants and RNAi.