Plant development and stress responses are regulated by complex
signalling networks that mediate specific and dynamic plant
responses upon activation by various types of signals. Jasmonates
(JAs) mediate responses to stress and act like growth inhibitors.
The latest work has identified new regulatory nodes regulating
diverse plant responses to developmental and environmental cues.
In my laboratory, we are interested in discovering the cellular
components linking plant stress responses to growth processes
with the aim to improve yield and adaptation of plants to their
environment. We also exploit the ability of JAs to induce protective
specialized metabolites to develop novel functional screenings to
improve the understanding of key pathways leading to the production of economically important compounds.
A second research line is aimed at tailoring the composition of cell wall polymers to improve processing of
biomass and the improvement of key traits to produce biomass and biofuels in microbes and plants is
achieved by affecting the composition of plant cell wall polymers. A review of the state of the art and the
latest results will be presented.
31/05/2024
31/05/2024 h 11.00
Aula Bovet (edificio Fisiologia Generale CU026), Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza
Prof. Alessandra Devoto
Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London.(UK)
contact: simone.ferrari@uniroma1.it