I/UCRC: Collaborative Research: Wheat Genetics Resource Center: A Public-Private Consortium

1338897堪萨斯州立大学；Bikram Gill 1338906科罗拉多州立大学；堪萨斯州立大学（KSU）作为牵头机构，将与科罗拉多州立大学合作，在堪萨斯州立大学现有的小麦遗传资源中心（WGRC）的基础上，建立小麦遗传学I/UCRC。该中心建议克服小麦行业合作伙伴面临的挑战，这将战略性和高效地从小麦遗传资源中心（WGRC）丰富的遗传多样性中获得价值。该中心将专注于开发利用小麦遗传多样性的新方法，包括自然和诱导的方法，以解决农民和小麦最终用户的问题。行业成员将提供市场意识，确保交付对最终用户重要的特性。WGRC的目标是通过提供优质基因型的新性状，显著缩短上市准备时间。WGRC将开发和应用创新方法，将新的高价值性状纳入小麦育种计划，以实现可持续和有利可图的作物生产。WGRC拥有世界上最重要的小麦种质资源和遗传工具收藏之一，经常用于世界各地的应用育种计划。该项目将在若干领域产生重大而广泛的影响。小麦是蛋白质的重要来源，世界健康依赖于受气候变化影响的产量。种子和小麦育种博士课程将是该计划的一个组成部分，而且显然是必要的。在过去的几年里，该中心的研究人员通过向大量学生提供与工业相关的教育，包括许多来自代表性不足的群体，产生了重大影响。

Program Director's Recommendation 1338897 Kansas State University; Bikram Gill 1338906 Colorado State University; Patrick Byrne Kansas State University (KSU), as the lead institution, will partner with Colorado State University to establish an I/UCRC for Wheat Genetics that will build upon the already existing Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) at Kansas State University. The Center proposes to overcome challenges facing the wheat industry partners, and that will strategically and efficiently derive value from the wealth of genetic diversity in the Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC). The proposed Center will focus on developing new methods for using wheat genetic diversity, both natural and induced, to solve problems for farmers and end users of wheat. Industry members will provide market awareness, ensuring delivery of traits important to end-users. WGRC's goal will be to significantly reduce the market-ready time by providing novel traits in elite genotypes. WGRC will develop and apply innovative methods to incorporate novel, high-value traits in wheat breeding programs for sustainable and profitable crop production. WGRC houses one of the worlds premier collections of wheat germplasm and genetic tools, routinely capitalized in applied breeding programs worldwide. The project will have significant broader impacts in a number of areas. Wheat is a critical source of protein, and world health depends upon production which has been impacted by climate change. A doctoral program in seed and wheat breeding will be an element of the program and is clearly needed. Over the last few years, the researchers involved in the center have had significant impact through providing industrially relevant education to a large number of students, including many from underrepresented groups.