NEW PUBLICATION
Li et al. describe the cloning and characterization of the rth6 mutant, which is defective in root hair development. The rth6 gene was mapped using a combination of BSRseq and Seq-walking. The gene is root hair specific and encodes a Cellulose synthase like D gene, which is involved in the synthesis of the secondary cell wall at the root hair shaft.
Lab Reunion in Beijing
Huanhuan Tai met former PhD student Yanxiang Zhang during a visit in Beijing.
Nina Opitz receives PhD certificate
Nina Opitz has received her PhD certificate from the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Dr. P. Stehle.
New Greenhouse in Poppelsdorf
The Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science put new high-tech greenhouse into operation.
NEW PUBLICATION: Jutta Baldauf et al. publish paper in Plant Physiology highlighting transcriptomic patterns
Baldauf et al. highlight transcriptomic patterns underlying heterosis manifestation in primary roots of maize in an evolutionary context. Notably, nonsyntenic genes were significantly overrepresented among differential, nonadditive and allelic expression patterns in the reciprocal hybrids of the parental inbred lines B73 and Mo17.
Bonn Marathon 2016
On April 10th 2016 lab members participated in the Deutsche Post Marathon Bonn.