Turfgrass
Grass Biotechnology
In recent years, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station breeders have joined forces with Florida Agricultural Experiment Station molecular geneticists. Molecular genetics can make breeding programs more efficient, accelerate progress in breeding, and enable the introduction of novel traits.
This presentation showcases transgenic work being done on Argentine Bahiagrass.
Presenter
Fredy Altpeter is an Associate Professor in the University of Florida Agronomy Department. Dr. Altpeter's research program integrates advanced genetic transformation technology and functional genomics to identify, isolate and engineer limiting factors for molecular improvement of cereals, turf and biomass/bioenergy grasses.
Publication
- Agharkar, M., Lomba, P. N., Altpeter, F., Zhang, H., Kenworthy, K. E. and Lange, T. 2007. Stable expression of AtGA2ox1 in a low-input turfgrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) reduces bioactive gibberellin levels and improves turf quality under field conditions. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 5: 791-801.
This page was last updated on April 27, 2012.
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