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Pays d'origine: Russian Federation

Résumé

An R&D Institute from Saint-Petersburg (Russia) develops new methods allowing to speed up the breeding of high-yielding legume cultivars suitable for bioremediation of degraded salinized lands. The Institute seeks partners for technical cooperation to identify genes controlling the salt resistance based on genome synteny with the model legume species Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus.

Description complète

Legumes are becoming a strategically important crop for the bioremediation purposes, since these plants have a capacity to establish root symbioses with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, resulting in establishement of highly specialized root nodules where nitrogen is accumulated. Genetic control of salt-stress resistance is primarily investigated in the model legume species Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus. The genome synteny across legume species allows employing knowledge accumulated for the model species to discover orthologous genes for economically important species. The Institute is managing a large living collection of alfalfa genotypes showing distinct salt tolerance ability.

The Institute is interested in investigation of salt stress-related genes for the primary forage and meliorative important legumes (e.g. Medicago sativa) based on synteny with Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus. The Institute is looking for partners for the orthologous gene analysis and molecular marker development to promote the marker-assisted selection of cultivars with an enhanced adaptive capacity.

Aspects innovants

The ortologous cDNA was recently identified in the genome of M.sativa for Srlk gene that plays a key role at the first stages of salt stress defense in model species M.truncatula (Lorenzo et al., 2009). Gene-specific primers were designed for Polymerase Chain Reaction, SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) were detected for alfalfa genotypes that expose distinct salt stress resistance.

Expertise recherchée:

- Type of partner sought: Research groups working in biology, breeding and seed farming companies

- Specific area of activity of the partner: Biotechnology, plant breeding

- Task to be performed by the partner sought: Joint further development; testing of new applications

Listé dans: Sciences du Vivant \ Agriculture

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