报告题目: Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops
报告时间: 2012年6月19日(星期二)上午09:30时
报告地点: 必赢线路检测3003no1树华多功能厅
联系人:张大兵 教授
报 告 人: Chuansheng Mei, Ph.D.
Scientist II (Supervisor)
Institute for Sustainable and Renewable Resources
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
150 Slayton Avenue
Danville, VA 24540 USA
Adjunct Faculty
Departments of Horticulture and Forestry
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
Voice: 434-766-6704
Fax: 434-791-3279
http://www.isrr.ialr.org/index.php/faculty/dr-chuansheng-mei
http://www.ialr.org/images/stories/research/isrr/meiprojectreport9-28-11.pdf
背景介绍:
1) Use and explore beneficial bacterial endophytes to boost growth of bioenergy crops, such as switchgrass, hybrid poplar, Miscanthus x giganteus, and Jerusalem artichoke to develop a low input, sustainable bioenergy feedstock production system in collaboration with Dr. Barry Flinn.
2) Establish and optimize switchgrass tissue culture and transformation system to genetically engineer switchgrass for biomass yield improvement and stress tolerance enhancement. We have transformed 8 genes into switchgrass. These genes are involved in floral development, leaf senescence, and stress tolerance.
3) Develop micropropagation protocol to produce large number and high quality Miscanthus x giganteus plants for large scale bioenergy feedstock production. A high efficient micropropagation system has been established. The technique has been applied for a US patent and moved to our commercial lab.
4) Screen different germplasms of Jerusalem artichoke to find out cultivars suitable for Southside Virginia area and establish tissue culture and transformation protocols for quick genetic engineering Jerusalem artichoke to breed elite cultivars for feedstock production in local region.