Clocks in crops: exploring the role of circadian rhythms in crop adaptation

该项目旨在分析生物钟如何在豆类和谷类这两个具有全球重要性的主要作物类别中提供适应优势。该项目希望产生新的基础知识，了解这些作物的生物钟如何协调它们的发育、生理和新陈代谢，以响应环境提示。预期的结果是更好地了解不同物种在时钟功能上的关键相似和差异。另一个是关于今天仍在使用的古代时钟基因变体如何限制这些作物目前或未来的表现的知识。这将带来显著的好处，例如提高作物在不同和不断变化的环境中的生产力。

The project aims to analyse how the circadian clock provides adaptive advantages in legumes and cereals, two major crop groups of global importance. The project expects to produce new fundamental knowledge about how the clock in these crops coordinates their development, physiology, and metabolism in response to environmental cues. The anticipated outcome is a better understanding of key similarities and differences in clock functions in different species. Another is knowledge of how the ancient clock gene variants still in use today may limit the current or future performance of those crops. This will provide significant benefits, such as to improve productivity of crop plants in diverse and changing environments.