Plant, Animal & Microbe Genomes X Conference Plant, Animal & Microbe Genomes X ConferenceJanuary 12-16, 2002
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, CA
Workshop: Brassicas
Genoplante is a French five year scientific program on Plant Genome. It is a collaborative project involving public (INRA, CNRS, IRD, CIRAD) and private (Biogemma, Aventis Crop Science, Bioplante) partners sharing resources and data. Genoplante is funded by public and private sectors and opened for co-operation with other genomic projects. Scientific goals are to develop expertise and competitiveness in plant genome analysis, to develop functional genomics on model species (Arabidopsis and Rice), to analyse the genome of major crops (corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflower and pea) and their syntenies with model plants, to identify genes or performing alleles useful for molecular breeding. The Genoplante crop projects are devoted to four areas : genome analysis (maps, BAC and EST libraries, cloning tools), agronomic traits, resistance to pathogens and quality related traits. Genoplante rapeseed projects are focused on : - the production of rapeseed and radish BAC libraries, ESTs from filling seeds, ACGMs from Arabidopsis and SNPs; - physical-functional map in rapeseed from Arabidopsis functional genes; - positional and functional gene cloning (restorer Rfo and cleistogamous Clg1 genes); - the identification of genes involved in seed development in Arabidpsis thaliana and isolation of homologous genes in rapeseed; - the identification of transcription factors involved in fatty acid composition. - the identification of QTL for oil content; - the study of the genetic control of resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and the identification of pathogen induced promoters.