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Willow Genome Sequencing & Bioinformatics Integration Project

Reference	BBS/E/T/000GP017
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Mario Caccamo
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Earlham Institute
Department	Earlham Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	36,065
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/11/2012
End date	01/03/2015
Duration	28 months

Abstract

BSBEC-BioMASS (the Perennial Energy Crops programme within BSBEC) is providing the underpinning science needed to improve short rotation coppice (SRC) willow as a key UK biomass feedstock for renewable fuels and bioproducts. This project builds on unique genetic resources in SRC willow available at Rothamsted Research. Initial targets will be growth traits associated with increased yield and increased conversion of the biomass to usable products. In order to aid the BSBEC-BioMASS consortium to bridge the gap between phenotype and genotype in relation to the key target traits under pursuit, a draft reference sequence for Salix viminalis will be generated. The reference will be assembled, annotated and made publicly available via a genome browser and through deposition of the sequence into the appropriate public archives. In addition the genomes of ten parents of willow mapping populations and a further 22 members of an association mapping diversity panel will be resequenced. Variations within these 32 accessions will be identified and made publicly available, which will enable fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL). Candidate mutations within genes contained in QTL regions can then be readily identified and selected for downstream investigation, improving the efficiency of gene discovery work based on QTL.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Bioenergy, 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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