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Maintenance of precise genetic stocks of wheat

Reference	BBS/E/J/00000381
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Snape
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	122,413
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	24/04/2001
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Cytogenetic research, particularly in the last 50 years, has produced and continues to produce a considerable number of precisely defined genetic stocks especially for wheat which constitutes the most widely grown crop in the UK and throughout the world. These stocks include: aneuploids; inter-varietal substitutions; single chromosome recombinant lines; alien addition, substitution and translocation lines and amphiploids. This project maintains the world's most comprehensive collection of these stocks, many of which arose from the Centre's research programme, but also stocks from other world- wide programmes. The project also maintains a range of wild species related to wheat. The stocks form the basis of a wide array of programmes aimed at understanding wheat genetics, physiology and molecular biology and have been widely used to detect new sources of disease resistance, stress resistance and quality.

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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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