Characterising genetic diversity of Wild Rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC) and developing a pipeline for marker assisted breeding

表征野生火箭 (Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) DC) 的遗传多样性并开发标记辅助育种流程

• 批准号: 2270115
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2270115
• 关键词: Characterising; genetic; diversity; Wild; Rocket

Food Security has risen to the top of the international agenda following recent spikes in the price of food and the perceived growing threat to future supplies (see, e.g., the "G8 Action on Food Security and Nutrition" http://www.state.gov/s/globalfoodsecurity/190282.htm). Along with an efficient distribution system and minimising waste, providing an adequate supply of food is a key contributor to securing food supply. Sustaining this into the future will be very difficult in the face of a steadily increasing population and diminishing availability of fertile land and water for agriculture. The challenge is made even more difficult by projected changes to climate. To meet this challenge is going to require new and innovative strategies and a new type of biologist. This is a joint project between Liverpool, JIC and CN Seeds Ltd combining training in plant pathology, trait genetics, and plant breeding. This project will seek to identify novel sources of genetic variation captured in a unique wild rocket collection, that can be used to improve traits such as yield, disease resistance, and improved quality attributes, that can be transferred into novel breeding material.

粮食安全已上升到国际议程的首位，因为最近粮食价格飙升，人们认为未来的供应面临越来越大的威胁(例如，见“八国集团粮食安全和营养行动”http://www.state.gov/s/globalfoodsecurity/190282.htm).除了高效的分配系统和最大限度地减少浪费，提供充足的食物供应是确保食物供应的关键因素。在人口稳步增长、农业肥沃的土地和水资源不断减少的情况下，将这种情况维持到未来将是非常困难的。气候的预期变化使这一挑战变得更加困难。为了迎接这一挑战，将需要新的创新战略和新型生物学家。这是利物浦、JIC和CN Seed Ltd联合开展的一个项目，结合了植物病理学、性状遗传学和植物育种方面的培训。该项目将寻求确定在独特的野生火箭收集中捕获的新的遗传变异来源，这些来源可用于改进产量、抗病能力和改良的质量属性等性状，并可转移到新的育种材料中。