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A genomic approach to improving wheat grain quality for breadmaking
Reference
BBS/E/F/00041486
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Clare Mills
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department
Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
48,527
Status
Completed
Type
Institute Project
Start date
01/01/2003
End date
31/12/2006
Duration
48 months
Abstract
Wheat shows substantial annual variation in end-use quality, presenting a costly and inconvenient problem for millers and bakers, and given the effects of global warming on weather patterns, it is important to produce varieties that are robust and stable over a range of environmental conditions. IFR is a partner in a £1.8million pound project, funded through the BBSRC Functional Genomics Initiative which combines transcriptome analysis with biophysical and biochemical characterisation of developing grain in order to identify key genes determining environmental variation in end-use quality. A particularly novel aspect is the biophysics sub-programme, led by IFR, and the project will capitalise on the Institute¿s skills in infrared spectroscopy, (especially FT-IR microspectroscopy) and proteomic analysis of cereal proteins.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Genes & Developmental Biology (GDB)
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Research Priority
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Funding Scheme
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