Award details

Adding Value to the UK Brassica Crop Science Community (AdVAB)

Reference	BBS/E/J/000CA287
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Lars Ostergaard
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Judith Irwin
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	120,115
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	06/06/2007
End date	05/06/2010
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The Brassica research and end-user breeding community have identified a number of important gaps in knowledge and technology that currently limit full exploitation through to oilseed and vegetable crop improvement. Filling current technology gaps will contribute to the ability of the UK Brassica Crop Science and plant science communities to deliver tangible benefits from previous investment, and in particular help translate information from model plants to crops. Our AdVaB partners at RRes and WHRI are making key experimental resources and information available in a usable form, which together with our efforts in creating reverse genetic experimental resources will ensure the UK remains competitive, and underpin trait-based projects as part of the pipeline to crop improvement. The specific objectives of our part of AdVaB are to: 1. Establish reverse genetics tools that maximise the ability to translate information from the complete B. rapa sequence to UK-relevant crop traits. 2. Develop high-efficient transformation protocol for the B. rapa variety, R-O-18. 3. Develop RNAi technology in B. napus and B. oleracea.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
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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