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Increased efficiency and sustainability

Reference	BBS/E/J/000PR9779
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Scott Boden
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Malcolm Bennett, Professor Alison Bentley, Dr Michael Foulkes, Professor Simon Griffiths, Dr Philip Howell, Professor Sacha Moodey, Professor Graham Moore, Dr TP Pridmore, Dr Craig Sturrock, Professor Cristobal Uauy
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	3,541,356
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2017
End date	31/03/2023
Duration	59 months

Abstract

Increasing yield, both intrinsic yield and closing of the yield gap, must be achieved with increased efficiency and sustainability with regard to fertiliser and water input. Increased yield and efficiency in both higher and lower yielding environments, in present and future climates, requires genetic improvements in yield traits per se, as well as in tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. We will address two topics with shared objectives across the wheat and other John Innes Centre (JIC), Rothamsted Research (RRes), Earlham Institute and Quadram Institute Bioscience programmes. Both require intensive high throughput field phenotyping, aided by the newly- established unique RRes and JIC facilities for in-field automated phenotyping, focussed on wheat research and employed to evaluate novel germplasm, including donor germplasm, segregating and TILLING populations. We will also further develop our specific automated high throughput field phenotyping methodologies for monitoring wheat performance, the genetic dissection of key traits and the development of improved germplasm. Exploiting these approaches, we will dissect a range of traits using the germplasm and other resources developed within this proggramme. These traits include those involved in tolerance to drought and temperature stress, root and shoot development, crop height, inflorescence and grain architecture, seed size and architecture, root response to nutrient availability, use of nitrogen and other nutrients. The effect of these traits on biomass, and the potential and stability of grain yield, will be quantified.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
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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