A Community Resource for Wheat and Rice Transformation

小麦和水稻转化的社区资源

基本信息

批准号：
BB/R014876/1
负责人：
Emma Wallington
金额：
$ 134.43万
依托单位：
National Institute of Agricultural Botany
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FR014876%2F1
关键词：
Community Resource Wheat Rice Transformation

项目摘要

Rice and wheat are two of the world's most important crops. In 2017, global wheat and rice production is forecast to reach 749 and 503 million tonnes respectively. Despite this, global food security analysts estimate that food production needs to double to feed 9.5 billion people by 2050. As our climate changes in the future we will need wheat and rice varieties which are better adapted to drought and reduced fertilizer inputs, and are resistant to new pests and diseases to maintain a sustainable supply of affordable, nutritious and safe food. Breeding these new climate-adapted varieties has to start now, based on genetic research which uses all the available tools to study gene function and regulation. Many technologies will contribute to tackling these targets and it is inevitable that genetic modification (GM) will make a contribution. This will either be directly, with the development and introduction of GM wheat varieties with new traits, or indirectly, as a research tool to better understand how trait genes function.GM crops have to date have largely been confined to traits giving resistance to herbicides or insects, but a new generation of traits which confer drought tolerance, disease resistance, yield improvements or health benefits are now being examined which will have an important role to play in achieving food security and future increases in production. Some of these genes come from other crop species and would be impossible to study in cereals without GM.The Community Resource in Wheat and Rice Transformation will make it easier and more cost effective for UK academic researchers to access our high throughput wheat and rice transformation systems. It will encourage plant scientists working in other species to evaluate their genes in these important crops, and provide valuable materials for further research. In addition, the funding will also allow the technology to advance, increasing both the genetic tools available for gene expression and the opportunities to fine tune or abolish the expression of targeted genes in wheat.

大米和小麦是世界上最重要的两种作物。 2017年，预计全球小麦和大米的产量将分别达到749吨和5.03亿吨。尽管如此，全球粮食安全分析师估计，到2050年，粮食生产需要两倍以养活95亿人。随着我们未来的气候变化，我们将需要小麦和水稻品种，这些品种更好地适应干旱和减少肥料的投入，并且可以抵抗新的植物和疾病，以维持可持续的可持续可供应的可持续可供应的营养，营养和安全的食品。基于遗传研究，使用所有可用工具来研究基因功能和调节的基因研究，繁殖这些新的适应气候的品种。许多技术将有助于解决这些目标，并且不可避免地会做出贡献。这要么直接是，随着通用小麦品种具有新的特征，或间接地作为一种研究工具，作为更好地了解特质基因如何发挥作用的研究工具。GM农作物在很大程度上仅限于具有对除草剂或昆虫的抵抗力的特征，但要扮演的疾病的新一代具有良好的影响，而疾病的疾病却造成了疾病的影响，而这种疾病的疾病是有益于疾病，而这种疾病的影响是造成疾病的益处，而疾病的影响力是有益于疾病，而这种特征的影响很大。实现粮食安全和未来的生产增长。这些基因中的一些来自其他农作物物种，如果没有Gm，就不可能在谷物中研究，而大麦和大米转化的社区资源将使英国学术研究人员获得我们的高吞吐量小麦和水稻转化系统的更容易，更具成本效益。它将鼓励在其他物种中工作的植物科学家在这些重要作物中评估其基因，并为进一步研究提供宝贵的材料。此外，资金还将允许该技术推进，增加了用于基因表达的遗传工具，以及微调或废除小麦中靶向基因表达的机会。