Lipid Metabolism in Corn Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology of Soybean Seed Maturation

Lipid metabolism of corn (Zea mays) tissue culture was studied using seven strains or inbred lines. The lipid content from the embryogenic callus derived from these lines followed the same trend as the lipid content found in the seeds, however there was no consistent lipid pattern observed for the leaf or root callus from these same lines relative to the tissue that it originated from. Therefore corn embryogenic callus provides an ideal tissue to study lipid metabolism. Embryogenic calli were also used to select cell lines resistant to cerulenin, an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis. While it was hypothesized that the cerulenin-resistant calli might be an overproducing-oil line, the selected resistant calli did not exhibit an increase in lipid content relative to the control calli.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agronomy

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hsing, Yue-Ie Caroline

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rinne, Robert W.

• Biology, Plant Physiology

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8815358

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71648