Application of innovative plant breeding and phenotyping technologies to reduce the nutrient requirement of forages and improve livestock production efficiency

英国畜牧中心面临的一个主要挑战是需要满足对肉类和奶制品日益增长的需求，同时减少生产对环境的影响。该项目将采用创新的植物遗传学和育种方法开发多年生黑麦草和白三叶的改良品种，提高养分利用效率（NUE），为初级生产者和更广泛的社会带来环境和经济效益。它还将为种子公司通用控股有限公司带来商业回报，该公司将销售改良品种。该项目将利用位于阿伯里斯特威斯的国家植物表型中心作为流动溶液培养和田间研究之间的桥梁，并开发高产量技术，以便在温室和田间有效筛选具有更高氮肥利用效率的新植物品种。

A major challenge facing the UK livestock centre is the need to fulfill the increasing demand for meatand milk products whilst reducing the environmental impact of production. This project will applyinnovative plant genetics and breeding approaches to the development of improved varieties ofperennial ryegrass and white clover with increased nutrient use efficiency (NUE) delivery environmentaland economic benefits to primary producers and wider society. It will also deliver commercial return tothe seed company germional Holdings Ltd., who will market the improved varieties. The project will usethe National Plant Phenotyping Centre in Aberystwyth as a bridge between studies in flowing solutionculture and in the field and to develop high throuput technologies for the effective screening of newplant varieties with improved NUE in the glasshouse and in the field.