The main aim of my postdoc project is to engineer broad resistance of indica rice to bacterial and fungal pathogens via elimination of susceptibility (S) genes, e.g. sugar transporter-encoding genes. For the purposes of this project, novel genome editing tools and advanced breeding methods, e.g. transgene-free genome editing, embryo rescue, protoplast regeneration, haploid induction, and pigment-based selection markers, are developed and deployed.
schenstn[at]uni-duesseldorf.de
Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University
Universitätsstraße 1
40225 Düsseldorf
https://www.healthycrops.org