BrachyTRAP project

Brachypodium distachyon is a strategic model to increase our understanding of cereal crops (such as wheat) and biomass grasses (such as switchgrass or elephant grass).

The BrachyTRAP project aims to identify and characterise “promoter” elements which are driving the expression of key genes involved in all aspects of plant development, reproduction, environmental adaptation, biomass and yield of cereals and grasses.

New binary vectors have been developed to trap promoters in Brachypodium distachyon. A reporter gene (Green Fluorescent Protein) plus a terminator sequence has been used to trap and monitor promoter expression patterns in plants.

BrachyTRAP lines will be made available to the scientific research community and can be requested using the same ordering system as BrachyTAG lines