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Molecular markers for defining the responses and genetic control of resource allocation of nutrient stressed wheat roots

Reference	BBS/E/J/00003317
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Stephen Quarrie
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	9,763
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/1997
End date	30/03/2000
Duration	35 months

Abstract

This project is funded under the BBSRC RASP programme and is in collaboration with Professor DT Clarkson and Dr Paul Farmer of LARS. The objective is to study the physiological and genetic control of N uptake and distribution in bread wheat using a mapping population of doubled haploid lines (DHLs) derived from the cross Chinese Spring x SQ1. Field trials with the DHLs are being conducted at a site with low nutrition for QTL analysis of the responses to various rates of N application. Laboratory tests are also in progress at LARS to study the efficiency of nutrient uptake at different rooting depths. In addition to the field and laboratory tests, further molecular markers are being added to the genetic map, targeting regions of the genome where coverage is still poor.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
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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