Project Number: 1907-21000-012-09
Project Type: Trust

Start Date: Apr 01, 2003
End Date: Mar 31, 2007

Objective:
This is a collaborative grant between Dr. Kochian's lab, and researchers from Brazil (Embrapa), Mexico (CINVESTAV), Kenya (Moi University) and Purdue University to study plant and soil factors to help improve maize and sorghum production on acid soils in Africa. The objective for Dr. Kochian's research is to study the molecular basis for aluminum tolerance in maize and sorghum.

Approach:
In sorghum, we are taking a map-based cloning approach to isolate the major aluminum tolerance gene. In maize, we have identified major Al tolerance QTLs and will be using expression profiling as well as T-DNA insertion technology to try to identify candidate Al tolerance genes.

Project Team

Kochian, Leon

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003

Related National Programs

Plant, Microbial & Insect Genetic Res., Genomics, & Genetic Improv. I (301)   Plant Biological and Molecular Processes (302)