Source: UNIV QUEENSLAND submitted to
SORGHUM: CHARACTERIZATION OF GENES INVOLVED IN FERTILITY RESTORATION
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
NEW
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0423168
Grant No.
(N/A)
Project No.
6202-21000-034-02N
Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
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Program Code
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Project Start Date
Jul 1, 2013
Project End Date
Jun 30, 2018
Grant Year
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Project Director
KLEIN R R
Recipient Organization
UNIV QUEENSLAND
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BRISBANE,null null
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
90%
Applied
10%
Developmental
0%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
20315201080100%
Knowledge Area
203 - Plant Biological Efficiency and Abiotic Stresses Affecting Plants;

Subject Of Investigation
1520 - Grain sorghum;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
Identify the genetic map location of genes controlling pollen fertility restorer in sorghum. Identify potential candidate genes controlling pollen fertility in sorghum. Elucidate the mode of action of fertility restorer genes in controlling pollen viability in sorghum hybrids.
Project Methods
Utilize existing molecular marker technology to locate the position of fertility restorer loci on the annotated gene map of sorghum. Utilize the sequence of the sorghum genome to identify genes that belong to the pentatricopeptide gene family. Utilize bioinformatic tools to compare sequence of candidate fertility restorer genes to known fertility restorer genes in rice to more accurately predict functional fertility restorer genes and to better understand the mode of gene action in restoring pollen viability.