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Development of robust broad based QTL maps to improve barley breeding

ReferenceD15989
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Donal O'Sullivan
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Derek Matthews, Dr Peter Morris, Dr William Thomas
Institution National Inst of Agricultural Botany
DepartmentDept of Chemistry & Plant Pathology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 349,468
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/12/2001
End date 28/02/2005
Duration39 months

Abstract

Barley is the second most important cereal crop in Britain, yet marker assisted selection during breeding is not very widely used since current maps are highly cross specific. We propose to use an approach termed Small Cross Mapping in order to maximise the number of double haploid genotypes that can be analysed for polymorphism and phenotypic linkage to agronomic and processing traits. Crosses will be grown at two locations and analysed at three leading institutions. Genotypes will be analysed using SSRs, in order to create a robust framework of anchor loci, which will allow cross reference to complementary IRAP and REMAP analysis. This work will result in the map location of, and linked markers for, genes regulating crop quality parameters in barley.

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Committee Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
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Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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