GIUV2026-002
This group explores the molecular mechanism underlying sexual reproduction of flowering plants. With a focus on gamete interaction, in previous projects we have isolated plant gametes from Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) to generate highly specific transcriptomic and proteomic datasets of these special cells under normal and heat stress conditions. These results give us the possibility to integrate, identify, and characterize new molecular players involved in double fertilization and how abiotic stress impacts this process. In addition, we study the molecular program of other economically important processes related to plant reproduction, like parthenocarpy (fruits without seeds) and apomixis (seeds without fertilization) in collaboration with other national and international groups. The identification of essential genes involved in those processes and its conservation in crops represent the possibility to manipulate in our favor the reproductive process, and consequently guarantee our main source of food.
- Caracterizar nuevos genes implicados en la interacción gamética y la doble fertilización.
- Identificar genes específicos de gametos vegetales potencialmente relacionados con la resistencia al estrés térmico durante la reproducción sexual.
- Contribuir a dilucidar el mecanismo molecular de las células huevo partenocárpicas y apomícticas de cultivos específicos.
- Plant gamete biology and interaction.Identification and characterisation of specific genes in sperm cells and female gametes involved in gametic interaction.
- Abiotic stress and sexual reproduction.To explore the impact of heat stress during progamic phase in tomato and Arabidopsis.
- Parthenocarpy and apomixis.Generation of omic datasets from plant gametes of relevant parthenocarpic crops.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIA FLORES TORNERO | Director | Universitat de València |
- Plant Biology
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- TRANSCRIPTOMICS
- POLLEN
- DOUBLE FERTILIZATION
- OMIC DATA
- GAMETE ISOLATION
- PLANT SPERM CELLS
- GAMETE INTERACTION
- FEMALE GAMETES
- POLLEN TUBE
- PARTHENOCARPY
- OVULE
- TOMATO
- PISTIL
- APOMIXIS
- PLANT EGG CELL
