Kom med til CPSC forelæsning med professor Caroline Gutjahr

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is an ancient symbiosis between plants and glomeromycotan fungi that is extremely widespread in the plant kingdom and is based on nutritional benefits to both symbiotic partners. The plant receives mineral nutrients, especially phosphate from the fungus and in return provides the fungus with carbohydrates and lipids. As a result, AM can significantly increase plant growth in low nutrient soils.

Root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi involves distinct developmental steps that are largely under plant control and can be genetically separated by plant mutants. These steps include fascinating plant cell rearrangements that precede differentiation of fungal hyphae into particular shapes inside these plant cells.

In Carolines research group, they use a combination of genetic, physiological, biochemical and cell biological approaches to uncover and understand the plant molecular mechanisms, which regulate root colonization and these plant cell rearrangements for fungal accommodation. Caroline will present data on the role of karrikin signalling and plant phosphate status in regulating the amount of root colonization.

Details:

Time: 11 February 2022, 9:00 – 10:00

Place: online via link https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/69827351180  (passcode: CPSC)

Organizer: Copenhagen Plant Science Centre

More information about Caroline Gutjahr on: https://www.professoren.tum.de/en/gutjahr-caroline