Protecting cereal grain development at high temperatures

本项目旨在研究调节谷物生长发育的新的温度响应因子，以保护热胁迫下的谷物生产。这项新研究将利用国际合作，获得尖端的遗传和技术资源，并在澳大利亚改进新型X射线成像技术，以观察温度如何影响大麦和水稻的花结构和功能。优化植物产量和适应性的有利突变将在其他更复杂的谷物（如小麦）中定义和探索。预期成果将是理解植物如何响应和缓冲热效应的根本性突破，从而导致提高谷物产量的转化育种策略。

This project aims to investigate new temperature-responsive factors that regulate cereal grain development to protect grain production under heat stress. The new research will leverage international collaborations with access to cutting-edge genetic and technological resources, and refine novel X-ray imaging techniques in Australia, to observe how temperature affects flower structure and function in barley and rice. Favourable mutations that optimise plant yield and fitness will be defined and explored in other, more complex, cereals such as wheat. Expected outcomes will be fundamental breakthroughs in understanding how plants respond to, and buffer, the effects of heat to lead to translational breeding strategies that bolster grain yield.