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SUMMARY:Crop Science Seminar: NSP2 and the Regulation of the Symbiotically
  Permissive State - Darius Zarrabian\, Oldroyd Lab\, Crop Science Centre
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CONTACT:Katherine Maltby
DESCRIPTION:Whilst inorganic fertilisers have been instrumental in dramati
 cally increasing crop yields to meet the demand of an ever-growing world p
 opulation\, their unsustainable nature and environmental cost have led to 
 alternatives being sought. The beneficial symbiosis between plants and arb
 uscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi has been recognised as potentially playing 
 the role of a natural biofertiliser for our crops. However\, one of the lo
 ng-known limitations of AM symbiosis in this context is its suppression un
 der high nutrient conditions\, diminishing its use in fertilised agricultu
 ral settings. Nodulation Signalling Pathway (NSP) proteins are GRAS transc
 ription factors that have been found to sit at the interface between nutri
 ent signalling and the regulation of symbiosis and excitingly have the cap
 ability through overexpression to override the nutrient suppression of sym
 biosis in barley. This talk will discuss how NSP proteins are able to inte
 grate environmental status in their control of symbiosis\, and how that co
 ntrol is executed.\n\nDue to having to go online\, we are restricting the 
 talks to University of Cambridge and alumni to keep them as informal as po
 ssible.\n\nContact reception@plantsci.cam.ac.uk for a Zoom link prior to a
  talk.
LOCATION:Online
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