Date

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Time

12:30-13:30

Venue

CSIRO Black Mountain B1 Lecture Theatre

Speaker

Xiaoqing Li, CSIRO Agriculture & Food

Synopsis

A root system that is able to efficiently take up water and nutrient from soil is important for plant growth and functioning under stressed conditions, e.g. drought.  Drought stress is globally the most important environmental factor limiting plant productivity. Hormones are vital regulators of plant development. They play important roles in plant drought responses and minimise the adverse impact of drought. However, it is still not fully clear how different root traits will respond to drought and how different hormones are involved in those processes. This study investigated plant root physiological responses and hormone regulations under soil drying using maize and Arabidopsis.

Biography

Dr. Xiaoqing Li started her research career at China Agriculture University (CAU, China) with a B.S. degree in Resources and Environment Sciences. She worked with Prof. Jianbo Shen on the effects of local phosphorous supply and auxin on the formation of cluster root in white lupin. Then she joined a master programme in the same research group focusing on chalcone synthase genes cloning and expression regulation in cluster roots of white lupin. During 2012–2016, Xiaoqing pursued her PhD in Plant Physiology about plant root development and hormone signalling during soil drying with Prof. Bill Davies and Prof. Brian Forde in Lancaster University (UK). She is currently an OCE postdoctoral fellow in CSIRO Agriculture and Food with Dr. Richard Richards, Dr. Rosemary White, Dr. Anton Wasson and Dr. Cathrine Ingvordsen since July 2016. Their project is about developing energy efficient roots in wheat.

 

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