Wheat Improvement from Synthetic Hexaploids (WISH)

NIAB与三家育种公司共同开展了一项由bbsrc资助的预育种项目，通过将合成六倍体小麦（shw）与英国品种杂交，获得了5600个新的小麦品系。在小麦驯化过程中丢失的野生近缘种可能包含有用的变异。我们的许多shw衍生物在产量试验中表现优于它们的适应母体。在其他试验中，即使在减少氮肥投入的情况下，品种也保持了良好的产量。然而，需要更多的测试来确定任何可能具有真正商业潜力的线路。该项目（WISH）将提供两年的产量试验（包括低投入试验），以及质量、纯度、病理、遗传和农艺筛选。最有希望的线路将于2014年9月进入全国上市试验，一项新的版税分成计划将奖励所有合作伙伴，以获得任何最终的商业成功。WISH是一种新的模式，将有前途的公共部门研究成果转化为英国农民种植的实际品种。

NIAB ran a BBSRC-funded pre-breeding project, with three breeding companies, which made >5600 new wheat lines by crossing Synthetic Hexaploid Wheats (SHWs) with UK varieties. SHWs can contain useful variation from wild relatives lost during the domestication of wheat. Many of our SHW-derivatives have out-performed their adapted parent in yield trials. In other tests, lines have retained good yields even under reduced nitrogen inputs. However, more testing is required to identify any lines which may have genuine commercial potential.This project (WISH) will provide two further years of yield trials (including low input tests), together with quality, purity, pathology, genetic and agronomy screening. The most promising lines will enter National List trials in September 2014, and a novel royalty share scheme will reward all partners for any eventual commercial success. WISH is a new model for turning promising public sector research leads into actual varieties grown by UK farmers.