Characterization and utilization of enlarged starch grain of rice

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26450004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science in genetics and breeding
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: Matsushima Ryo 岡山大学, 資源植物科学研究所, 准教授 (80403476)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 澱粉粒 / イネ / 胚乳 / 突然変異体 / シミュレーション / オルガネラ / アミロプラスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Starch is a biologically and commercially important polymer of glucose and is synthesized to form starch grains (SGs). Despite the simple composition of glucose polymer, SG exhibits various morphologies and sizes depending on plant species. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this SG diversity remain unknown. To answer this question, this project analyzed rice mutants (ssg4 and ssg6), that developed enlarged SG in endosperm.

Free Research Field

植物資源学