However, Arabidopsis plants modified in the metabolic pathway leading to lignin formation produced abnormal lignin that was associated with severe fungal attacks.
It is the most closely related genus containing C 4 species to Arabidopsis.
Ms Collins has cloned eucalyptus homologues of genes that control flower induction in Arabidopsis.
The goals of his research group are to advance understanding of signal transduction mechanisms in the model plant Arabidopsis.
The project will be laboratory based and will use different ecotypes of the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana.
The research will use Arabidopsis as a model for species which primarily accumulate Ca in the palisade and spongy mesophyll.
We are using these new tools to probe the cellular interactions which govern root morphogenesis in the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.
We have started to dissect the JA signal pathway through the isolation and characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants.