COUSIN: Crop Wild Relatives utilisation and conservation for sustainable agriculture

表弟：作物野生近缘种的利用和保护以实现可持续农业

• 批准号: 10090949
• 金额: $ 34.3万
• 依托单位: THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10090949
• 关键词: COUSIN; Crop; Wild; Relatives; utilisation

Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs), i.e. the COUSINs of domesticated crops, represent a natural source of genetic variation. The COUSIN consortium recognizes the value of CWRs for agriculture, but also the challenges of their utilisation. Through the COUSIN Readiness Levels (CRLs) we will demonstrate a roadmap for the use of CWRs in breeding and farming. We will work with five flagship crops: wheat, barley, pea, lettuce and brassicas. With these exemplary crops, we demonstrate how current challenges of stakeholders from farm to fork can be overcome using CWRs in formalised and participatory breeding. The COUSIN consortium has unique CWR-related expertise, data and breeding material that allows us to cover the translational pathway from the identification of wild plants to a market ready crop in a five-year project. For each flagship crop, we identify priority traits of CWRs, design selection toolboxes and apply them in current breeding programmes in order to fulfil current and emerging stakeholders demands. Effective characterisation protocols are designed and will guide conservation of the naturally occurring functional and genetic trait diversity across Europe. Characterisation will occur in- and ex-situ through high-throughput phenotyping, chemotyping and genotyping of priority traits incl. plant-associated microbiomes. Conservation measures cover in-situ reserves and ex-situ collections with the widest possible trait diversity. For easy access of priority trait information and corresponding CWR accessions, a user-friendly data portal will be developed. All collected data will be offered for integration into national and international repositories. Through on-farm pilots and actual breeding sites realised across the European pedoclimatic regions, the value of CWRs will be demonstrated to stakeholders with direct applications for breeders and farmers to provide climate change-resilient crops as a vital means towards sustainable production systems.

作物野生近缘种（Crop Wild Relatives，CWRs），即驯化作物的COUSIN，代表了遗传变异的天然来源。COUSIN联盟认识到CWRs对农业的价值，但也认识到其利用的挑战。通过COUSIN准备水平（CRL），我们将展示在育种和农业中使用CWRs的路线图。我们将与五种旗舰作物合作：小麦、大麦、豌豆、生菜和芸苔。通过这些示范性作物，我们展示了如何在正规化和参与式育种中使用CWRs克服从农场到餐桌的利益相关者当前面临的挑战。COUSIN联盟拥有独特的CWR相关专业知识，数据和育种材料，使我们能够在五年项目中涵盖从野生植物鉴定到市场就绪作物的转化途径。对于每种旗舰作物，我们确定了CWRs的优先性状，设计了选择工具箱，并将其应用于当前的育种计划，以满足当前和新兴利益相关者的需求。有效的表征协议的设计，并将指导整个欧洲自然发生的功能和遗传性状多样性的保护。将通过高通量表型分型、化学分型和优先性状的基因分型进行原位和非原位表征，包括。与植物相关的微生物保护措施包括就地保护和迁地收集，尽可能扩大特征多样性。为了便于获得优先性状信息和相应的CWR种质，将开发一个用户友好的数据门户。所有收集到的数据都将纳入国家和国际数据库。通过在欧洲土壤气候区域实现的农场试点和实际育种地点，CWR的价值将向利益相关者展示，直接应用于育种者和农民，以提供气候变化适应性作物，作为实现可持续生产系统的重要手段。