Elucidation of mechanisms of lipid-induced plant stress memory at the intragenerational and intergenerational levels.

• Project/Area Number: 24K23132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0602:Agricultural and environmental biology and related fields
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: NGUYEN MANH・LINH 広島大学, 統合生命科学研究科(生), 特任助教 (91004430)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-07-31 – 2026-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: plant stress memory / phosphatidyl alcohols / DNA methylome / chemical priming

Outline of Research at the Start

This research aims to study the mechanism of plant stress memory induced by phosphatidyl alcohol treatments, using chemical priming and DNA methylome profiling approaches. The mechanistic insights will be investigated for both the monocot model plant rice and the dicot model plant thale cress.