Improving water-use efficiency in wheat by modulating leaf structure

小麦提供了全球29%的卡路里消耗，是英国的主要作物。反映了有限资源的压力增加，改善水资源。反映有限资源的压力增加，提高水利用效率是小麦育种的主要目标（1）。作为以前的CASE学生的结果，我们有证据表明，在育种/进化过程中，对叶细胞进行了选择，这些细胞的大小和形状都有所改变，这与现代小麦的水分利用效率（WUE）提高有关（2）。该项目的目的是验证这一假设，并为CASE合作伙伴提供新的性状，作为培育具有改善WUE的小麦的目标。

Wheat provides 29% of calories consumed worldwide and is a major UK crop. Reflecting increased pressure on a finite resource, improving water. Reflecting increased pressure on a finite resource, improving water-use efficiency is a major objective in wheat breeding (1). As a result of a previous CASE studentship, we have evidence that during breeding/evolution there has been a selection for leaf cells which have increased size and altered shape, and that this is linked to improved water-use efficiency (WUE) in modern wheat (2). The aim of this project is to test this hypothesis and to provide the CASE partner with novel traits as targets for breeding wheat with improved WUE.