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Control of primary carbohydrate metabolism in plants

Reference	BBS/E/J/00000020
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alison Smith
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	3,668,567
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/2017
Duration	240 months

Abstract

My expertise is in primary metabolism in plants, particularly the interconversion of sucrose and starch. The aim of my research is to discover how fluxes through pathways of starch and sucrose metabolism are controlled in relation to the availability of carbon for plant metabolism and growth. My group uses biochemical, genetic and molecular biological techniques to study this question in Arabidopsis and in crop plants. We also study aspects of starch and sucrose metabolism of direct relevance to crop quality and productivity, including the synthesis of starch granules in wheat and barley seeds and the degradation of starch during barley seed germination.

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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