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DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 3 (WP3) - Germplasm

Reference	BBS/E/C/000I0280
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Malcolm Hawkesford
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Simon Griffiths, Professor Graham Moore
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Rothamsted Research Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	70,199
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2017
End date	31/03/2023
Duration	59 months

Abstract

WP3 will accelerate the discovery and deployment of genes and alleles of high value for breeding, thus maximising impact from discoveries within WP1, WP2, and WISP and 20:20 Wheat. Tangible WP3 outputs for this purpose are referred to as 'toolkits', one composed of pre-breeding germplasm and the other the molecular markers needed to exploit that germplasm. WP3 addresses two topics. The first advances the genetic and genomic characterisation of foundation germplasm. This germplasm, together with the derived segregating populations and associated methodologies, will supply new toolkit genes, alleles, and markers. In the second the new genes, alleles and markers are validated and tested for their value in breeding. This gene discovery funnel produces packages of traits with molecular markers assembled into the two toolkits. WP3 channels new genes and alleles based on the discoveries of DFW and previous wheat programme outputs, into commercial wheat breeding. The breeders' toolkits and associated information will be improved and expanded, for the benefit of breeders and the wider plant community.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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