Digging deeper to improve yield stability

该项目旨在提供创新的育种解决方案，利用植物的“隐藏”部分，根，以支持在气候变化的情况下开发更高产的作物。该项目预计将通过应用尖端的基因组编辑、表型分析和基因组学技术，对大麦（一种模式谷类作物）根系发育的生物学和遗传学产生新的见解。预期成果包括加速育种的新方法，以适应不同的生产环境，并直接应用于大麦和其他主要谷物，包括小麦和燕麦。这将通过在气候变化中保持产量稳定，为澳大利亚谷物产业带来重大的经济和社会效益。

This project aims to provide innovative breeding solutions that harness the ‘hidden’ part of the plant, roots, to support the development of more productive crops in the face of climate variability. The project expects to generate new insights into the biology and genetics of root development in barley, a model cereal crop, by applying cutting-edge genome editing, phenotyping and genomics technologies. Anticipated outcomes include novel methodologies to accelerate breeding for diverse production environments, with direct applications in barley, and other major cereals including wheat and oats. This should provide significant economic and social benefits to the Australian grains industry through yield stability amidst climate variability.