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Tue Sep 21 09:10:01 CEST 2010
Calendar Name: seminars
Scheduled for: Tuesday, September 21 2010, 11:00 - 12:30
Event text: Alisdair R. Fernie
Max-Planck Institute für Molecular Plant Physiology
Potsdam-Golm
GERMANY
Details: "Metabolomics from fundamental understanding to
marker-assisted breeding"
ABSTRACT
Metabolomics approaches enable the parallel assessment
of the levels of a broad range of metabolites and have
been documented to have great value in both phenotyping
and diagnostic analyses in plants. These tools have
recently been turned to evaluation of the natural
variance apparent in metabolite composition. Here, I
will describe exciting progress made in the
identification of the genetic determinants of crop plant
chemical composition, focussing on the application of
metabolomics strategies and their integration with other
high-throughput technologies. The Zamir Solanum
pennellii introgression lines will be used as a case
study and I will illustrate the value of this approach
by demonstrating a few examples whereby we have been
able to identify the genetic factors underlying
important agronomic and nutritional traits. Whilst work
in this area is currently carried out at the level of
fundamental science I will conclude with an outlook of
my personal perspective of its applied uses.
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