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| Web URL(s): | http://turf.rutgers.edu/research/abstracts/symposium2016.pdf#page=44
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| Author(s): | Acosta, Kenneth;
Low, Yee-chen;
Huang, Bingru;
Di, Rong;
Lam, Eric |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University |
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| Title: | Exploration of the BI-1 gene as a quantitative biomarker for drought tolerance improvement in turfgrasses |
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| Section: | Poster presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | New Brunswick, New Jersey: March 18, 2016 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. Vol. 25, 2016, p. 44. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, New Jersey: The Center for Turfgrass Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bioindicators; Brachypodium distachyon; Breeding aims; Drought resistance; Transgene expression; Turfgrass quality
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Decline in turf quality due to drought stress is a major problem in turfgrass management. However, reliable markers that correlate with the quantitative trait of drought tolerance in turfgrass remain elusive for breeding programs. To overcome this bottleneck, discovery of a reliable molecular marker that correlates well with the drought tolerance trait could have a major impact on current efforts to breed improved varieties of creeping bentgrass (Agrosits stolonifera L.). Additionally, genetic modification through transformation with genes that can confer heightened stress tolerance may be a useful approach to further improve drought tolerance of creeping bentgrass in the future. The key objective of our project is to test the hypothesis that Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) gene expression levels could be used as a genotyping marker for breeding more drought-tolerant grass species, especially for cool-season turfgrass varieties. In addition, we also would like to test the ability of transgenic expression of AtBI-1 (Arabidopsis thaliana BI-1) as a direct means of improving drought tolerance in elite turfgrass varieties in the future. To set the stage for these endeavors, we will present our recent work in characterizing BI-1 gene structure and expression in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P. Beauv., as well as efforts to overexpress AtBI-1 in this grass species." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Acosta, K., Y.-c. Low, B. Huang, R. Di, and E. Lam. 2016. Exploration of the BI-1 gene as a quantitative biomarker for drought tolerance improvement in turfgrasses. Proc. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. 25:p. 44. |
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