Harnessing Mendel’s workhorse: meiotic crossovers for genetic diversity in crop breeding

将野生物种的遗传多样性引入小麦和大麦的优良品系可能会增加它们对田间压力的抵抗力。现代育种品种可以捕获多达十倍的遗传变异。这个项目的目的是获得对限制新基因组组合产生速度的遗传和环境因素的基本见解。这将改变小麦和大麦的育种方法，释放现有的遗传多样性以生产新品种。

Introducing genetic diversity from wild species into elite lines of wheat and barley may increase their resistance to the stresses they are exposed to in the field. Modern breeding cultivars could capture up to ten times more genetic variation. This project aims to gain fundamental insights into the genetic and environmental factors that limit the rates at which new genomic combinations can be made. This will transform wheat and barley breeding methods, unlocking available genetic diversity to produce new varieties.