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(A) Environmental regulation of plant growth and development

Reference	JE514273
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor J.L Hall
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Mark Barber, Dr Mark Dixon, Professor Gail Taylor, Professor Matthew Terry, Dr Lorraine Williams
Institution	University of Southampton
Department	Centre for Biological Sciences
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	42,572
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	31/07/2001
End date	31/01/2002
Duration	6 months

Abstract

Research in plant science at Southampton is concerned with the interaction of plants with their environment and their responses to various stress conditions. Interests include the responses of plants to attack by fungal pathogens, the acquisition of and tolerance to essential heavy metals, the responses of plants to global environmental change including elevated CO2 or ozone levels, the role of light in plant growth and development, and the potential of trees as renewable energy sources. This research involves the widespread use of Arabidopsis and tomato as model plants, the increased use of transgenic and mutant plants to investigate physiological function, and the requirement for stricter environmental control to investigate changes such as CO2 enrichment. Current growth facilities in the School of Biological Sciences are over 10 years old and are inadequate for current demand. Thus there is an urgent need for expansion and improvement to support the high level of current research activity funded by the BBSRC, NERC and other agencies. Thus the bid includes specialised Arabidopsis growth chambers, enhancement of glasshouse facilities and modifications to growth rooms to include CO2 control.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Joint Equipment Initiative 2000 (JE5) [2000]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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