Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics

Welcome

The central mission of the department is to develop basic knowledge about developmental processes and defence in plants. Our aim is to make such knowledge available to breeders and conservation geneticists enabling its application in agriculture and forestry. A significant proportion of our efforts are dedicated to the support of a sustainable agriculture in developing countries.

The department focuses on genetic, cellular and molecular research addressing questions fundamental for the biology of whole plants, and of interactions between plants and other organisms. A defining strength of the department is its considerable expertise in the analysis and exploitation of genetic diversity. Departmental researchers specialising in different fields closely cooperate to approach complex questions in an interdisciplinary manner.

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Latest publications

  • Expression of Arabidopsis SHORT INTERNODES/STYLISH Family Genes in Auxin Biosynthesis Zones of Aerial Organs Is Dependent on a GCC Box-Like Regulatory Element (2011) Eklund DM, Cierlik I, Ståldal V, Claes AR, Vestman D, Chandler J, Sundberg E
    Plant Physiology 157:2069-2080
  • Two loci in sorghum with NB-LRR encoding genes confer resistance to Colletotrichum sublineolum (2011) Biruma M, Martin T, Fridborg I, Okori P, Dixelius C
    TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1764-8
  • Polycomb group proteins are required to couple seed coat initiation to fertilization (2011) Roszak P, Köhler C
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108:20826-31
  • Silencing of the PiAvr3a effector-encoding gene from Phytophthora infestans by transcriptional fusion to a short interspersed element (2011) Vetukuri RR, Tian Z, Avrova AO, Savenkov EI, Dixelius C, Whisson SC
    Fungal Biology 115: 1225-1233
  • Evidence for involvement of Dicer-like, Argonaute and histone deacetylase proteins in gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans (2011) Vetukuri RR, Avrova AO, Grenville-Briggs LJ, van West P, Söderbom F, Savenkov EI, Whisson SC, Dixelius C
    Mol Plant Pathol 12: 772-785
  • A highly conserved NB-LRR encoding gene cluster effective against Setosphaeria turcica in sorghum (2011) Martin T, Biruma M, Fridborg I, Okori P, Dixelius C
    BMC Plant Biology Nov 3;11(1):151
  • Polymorphism and Divergence in Two Willow Species, Salix viminalis L. and Salix schwerinii E. Wolf (2011) Berlin S, Fogelqvist J, Lascoux M, Lagercrantz U, Rönnberg-Wästljung A-C
    G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 1: 387-400
  • Synthesis of hydroxylated sterols in transgenic Arabidopsis plants alters growth and steroid metabolism (2011) Beste L, Nahar N, Dalman K, Fujioka S, Jonsson L, Dutta P, Sitbon F
    Plant Physiology 157: 426-440
  • Role of autophagy in disease resistance and hypersensitive response-associated cell death (2011) Hofius D, Munch D, Bressendorff S, Mundy J, Petersen M
    Cell Death and Differentiation Aug;18(8):1257-1262
    Metacaspases (2011) Tsiatsiani L, Van Breusegem F, Gallois P, Zavialov A, Lam E, Bozhkov PV
    Cell Death and Differentiation 18: 1279-1288

All publications

Linnean Center Plant Science Frontiers seminars

Thursdays in room A241, 2 pm

Jan 26 Tanja Slotte Note: room A281 (host: Claudia Köhler) Causes and consequences of a recent mating system shift

Feb 9 Edouard Pesquet (host: Lars Hennig) Microtubules and secondary cell wall deposition xylem vessel

Feb 16 Lars Østergaard (host: Eva Sundberg) Organ patterning. What makes a fruit fit for purpose?

Mar 1 Thierry Gaude (host: Daniel Hofius) Functions of the retromer machinery in plant development

Mar 22 Hannele Tuominen (host: Peter Bozhkov)

Mar 29 Torgny Näsholm (hosts: Annelie Carlsbecker, Hans Ronne)

Apr 19 Stefan Björklund (hosts: Annelie Carlsbecker, Hans Ronne)

Apr 26 Jesús Navas-Castillo (host: Anders Kvarnheden)

May 3 Maria Albani (host: Lars Hennig)

May 24 Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid (host: Claudia Köhler)

May 31 Markus Grebe (host: Peter Bozhkov)

Exam jobs

Students: do your exam job here and make a contribution to frontline research on crop plants.

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We are a part of the Uppsala BioCenter department cluster

We are a member of the Linnean Centre for Plant biology in Uppsala

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