| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A parasitic plant called Striga causes huge damages on crop production in Africa by parasitizing monocot crops including maize and sorghum. Dormant Striga seeds sense host-derived strigolactones (SLs) for germination. We took chemical genetic approach to identify novel components involved in this process. We performed two types of chemical screening, one for suppressors of SL-induced germination, and the other for small molecules that break upper-limit of Striga germination rate. Both screenings identify several hit molecules, and we performed identifications of target proteins and biochemical characterization of these proteins.
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