Rachel Swee-Suak Ko
Academia Sinica, Agricultural Biotechnology Research, Taiwan
Biography
Rachel SS Ko devotes herself in functional genomics studies in rice and orchid. She identified a key bHLH transcription factor in rice that is essential in rice pollen development. She is interested to carry out detail study on the molecular mechanism underlying pollen development to improve agriculture application of male sterility line for hybrid rice yield improvement.
Abstract
Abstract : Manipulation of a bHLH transcription factor to generate male sterility line in rice