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Methods for cereal QTL analysis

Reference	BBS/E/J/00000332
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Snape
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	82,275
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	31/03/2001
Duration	48 months

Abstract

The majority of characters of agronomic importance in crop species show continuous variation where the effects of individual genes (so called Quantitative trait loci), cannot be discerned. The identification and mapping of such genes is an essential prerequisite for understanding their modes of action and making them available as targets for genetic manipulation by plant breeders. This requires specialist methodologies and these need to be designed to match the breeding system of the individual crops being considered. This project focuses on the development of QTL methodologies suitable for use with specialist mapping populations, such as doubled haploid lines, recombinant substitution lines that can be developed in the small grained cereals, with particular emphasis on wheat since this is the UK's most important agricultural crop. The project also targets comparative QTL analysis between wheat and other cereal species to integrate the genetics of all the major cereal crops into a common framework.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
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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