Hybrid Wheat for Food Security

“杂交小麦促进粮食安全”项目是一个创新的小麦研究和育种项目，旨在实现印度和巴基斯坦的粮食安全，并通过最终引入高产小麦杂交种使英国小麦种植者受益。印度、巴基斯坦、澳大利亚和英国的合作伙伴将共同努力，利用一种创新的、非转基因的、非化学基础的杂交系统，在南亚和英国建立小麦杂交试验。澳大利亚有经验的科学家将尝试利用分子和细胞遗传学技术进一步改进杂交系统。英国小麦市场领导者KWS将管理和协调该项目，主要目的是改善南亚数百万人的粮食安全。此外，通过将该技术应用于英国的育种计划，可以使用最先进的田间试验设施对杂交系统进行严格审查，这将有助于在南亚的育种计划中实施。

The project “Hybrid Wheat for Food Security” is an innovative wheat research and breeding project targeting food security in India and Pakistan as well as benefitting the UK wheat growers through the eventual introduction of high yielding wheat hybrids. Partners in India, Pakistan, Australia and UK will work together on establishing wheat hybrid testing in South Asia and UK utilising an innovative, non-GMO, non-chemically based, hybrid system. Experienced scientists in Australia will attempt to improve the hybrid system further using molecular and cytogenetic technologies. KWS, UK’s market leader for wheat, will manage and coordinate the project, with the main aim of improving the food security for millions of people in South Asia. In addition, through application of the technology to breeding programmes in the UK, the hybrid system can be rigorously scrutinised using state-of-the-art field trialling facilities, which will facilitate implementation in breeding programmes in South Asia.