Award details

Added value and resilience

Reference	BBS/E/J/000PR9780
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Cristobal Uauy
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Graham Moore, Professor Paul Nicholson, Professor Diane Saunders, Dr Kay Trafford, Professor Brande Wulff
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	6,318,139
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2017
End date	31/03/2023
Duration	59 months

Abstract

Food and nutrition security requires safe access to affordable and nutritious food supplies. We aim to enhance grain quality for human health, combat non-communicable diet-related diseases and improve the resilience of wheat production systems to biotic stresses. We will address two topics, with shared objectives across the Desiging Future Wheat BBSRC Strategic Progamme (DFW) and other Rothamsted Research, John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute, Quadram Institute Bioscience and NIAB programmes. Both exploit previous BBSRC investments in germplasm resources and the latest genomic developments, to understand and manipulate the genes and pathways defining wheat grain composition and host resistance/susceptibility to pathogens/pests. We will dissect a range of traits exploiting the germplasm and other resources developed within DFW. These traits include resistance to a range of pathogens and pests (such as rusts, Zymoseptoria, Fusarium, take-all, mildew, eyespot and aphids) and finally the quantity and quality of starch, dietary fibre and minerals in grain.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Crop Science, Diet and Health, 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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