PhD Defence Morten Emil Møldrup

Title of PhD Thesis

Pathway elucidation and metabolic engineering of plant defense compounds for crop protection
- case studies using camalexin and glucosinolates

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Summary

The PhD project encompasses elucidation of a central step in the metabolic pathways leading to the specialized plant metabolites, camalexin and glucosinolates and demonstrates metabolic engineering of these pathways into other plant species using both stable and transient engineering. This has been used to explore of future applications of these plant defense compounds to provide crop protection as well as to gain a better understanding of the enzymatic pathways leading to these compounds.

Supervisor

Professor Barbara Ann Halkier
Dept. of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, UCPH

Opponents

Dr. Erich Glawischnig
Technische Universität München, Germany

Professor Rüdiger Hell
University of Heidelberg, Germany

Associate Professor Björn Hamberger (chairman)
Dept. of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, UCPH

Reception

The defence will be followed by a reception.

All are welcome!