AENEAS
Aquired Environmental Epigenetics Advances: from Arabidopsis to maize
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Organization address
address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 4˙124˙573 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙992˙863 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2008-2B |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-04-01 - 2013-03-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Organization address
address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 contact info |
IT (PADOVA) | coordinator | 372˙598.00 |
| 2 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Organization address
address: Kirby Corner Road - University House - contact info |
UK (COVENTRY) | participant | 506˙059.00 |
| 3 |
MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Organization address
address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 456˙329.00 |
| 4 |
JOHN INNES CENTRE
Organization address
address: "Norwich Research Park, Colney" contact info |
UK (NORWICH) | participant | 396˙000.00 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Organization address
address: Rue du General Dufour 24 contact info |
CH (GENEVE) | participant | 356˙500.00 |
| 6 |
CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA
Organization address
address: Via Nazionale 82 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 321˙403.00 |
| 7 |
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Organization address
address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | participant | 317˙312.00 |
| 8 |
BIOGEMMA
Organization address
address: Rue E. Colonne 1 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 266˙662.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'This proposal, entitled “Acquired Environmental Epigenetics Advances: from Arabidopsis to maize” (acronym: AENEAS), aims to assess the impact of environmental conditions on epigenetic states in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and then transfer knowledge to maize (Zea mays): an important European crop. Advances in understanding the detailed mechanisms of epialleles formation in response to environmental cues and their heritable maintenance in a model plant such as Arabidopsis will be the starting objective of the AENEAS proposal. To this end, we will focus on three epigenetic regulatory pathways, which have been well characterized for their interaction with environmental signals in mediating changes into the epigenome. They are: the autonomous, the small RNA and the CpG methylation pathways. The outcome of this research activity will be a road map for plant environmental epigenetics, necessary for further progress of the basic research in this area and for the transfer of the knowledge to crop plants. Concomitantly, the constitution of an “Environmental Epigenetics platform” for maize, will start with the development of tools indispensable for the shift of epigenetic research from Arabidopsis to maize. This will be achieved by the functional characterization of maize mutants for epi-regulators belonging to the three pathways studied in Arabidopsis. The tools will comprise: maize epi-regulator mutants, their targets, and information about their interaction with environmental cues for epialleles formation and inheritance throughout generations. It is our opinion that the deliverables from AENEAS will be the “progenitors” for the next-generation of breeding programs, based on the exploitation of the environmental-induced epigenetics variability. In addition, we will conduct a comparative genomics analysis of data arising from the project to generate comparative models for environmental epigenomics in two evolutionary distinct species such as Arabidopsis and maize.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Environmental stressors like heat, salinity or drought can affect future generations of crop plants through a type of gene regulation called epigenetics. A recent research project has looked into the mechanisms and effects of these epigenetic changes in maize.