Novel Propagation and Conservation Technologies for Australian Macadamia

澳大利亚坚果的新型繁殖和保护技术

• 批准号: LP200200822
• 负责人: Prof Neena Mitter
• 金额: $ 21.66万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-10-15 至 2025-10-14
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP200200822
• 关键词: Novel; Propagation; Conservation; Technologies; Australian

Australia’s $850M macadamia industry is a booming contributor to regional growth with a strong domestic market niche. However the industry is threatened by a severe plant supply bottleneck. Also wild germplasm for breeding is threatened with extinction. This project aims to innovate world-first tissue culture technologies for macadamia propagation and secure cryo-storage of germplasm, aided by cutting edge genomics. Expected outcomes of these new, cross-disciplinary techniques are on-demand supply of superior trees to growers and the protection of invaluable germplasm. This should provide significant benefits for industry growth, food security and conservation de-risked from global change.

澳大利亚规模达8.5亿美元的澳洲坚果产业，凭借其强大的国内利基市场，为地区增长做出了蓬勃发展的贡献。然而，该行业受到严重的植物供应瓶颈的威胁。此外，用于繁殖的野生种质也面临灭绝的威胁。该项目旨在创新世界第一的澳洲坚果组织培养技术，并在尖端基因组学的帮助下，确保种质资源的低温储存。这些新的跨学科技术的预期结果是按需向种植者供应优质树木和保护宝贵的种质。这应该会为行业增长、粮食安全和保护提供重大好处，从而降低全球变化的风险。