Characterising Rice Genetic Diversity of the Past to Safeguard the Future

表征过去的水稻遗传多样性以保护未来

• 批准号: 2869278
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2869278
• 关键词: Characterising; Rice; Genetic; Diversity; Past

Rice is a versatile carbohydrate essential to diets worldwide and a staple food for over 50% of the human population. However, climate change is threatening rice's wide availability. This joint project between the RBG Kew and the Earlham institute aims to understand how modern agriculture has impacted rice genetic diversity. Genetic diversity in local landraces and across historic collections will be measured. Their genetic makeup will be investigated and deleterious mutations that hinder the further improvement of rice and its adaptation to future climates will be quantified.

大米是全球饮食必不可少的一种多功能碳水化合物，是超过50％的人口的主食。但是，气候变化威胁着大米广泛的可用性。 RBG Kew和Earlham Institute之间的联合项目旨在了解现代农业如何影响水稻遗传多样性。将测量当地陆地和整个历史收藏品的遗传多样性。他们的基因构成将进行研究和有害的突变，从而阻碍大米的进一步改善及其对未来气候的适应。