15-IWYP. A genetic diversity toolkit to maximise harvest index by controlling the duration of developmental phases

该项目将在面包小麦中发现新的基因，这些基因将改变小麦作物中众所周知的发展里程碑的时间，如抽穗期和作物成熟度，但也会有更微妙的变化，在日常对小麦作物的观察中是看不到的。这些阶段包括小麦穗发育的最早阶段，这对确定最终生产的谷物数量以建立新的高产小麦品种的基础至关重要。该项目是英国、阿根廷、西班牙、澳大利亚的科学家与设在墨西哥的小麦和玉米改良中心(CIMMYT)合作开展的。这些合作伙伴的目标是提高CIMMYT小麦的产量潜力，这些改良措施可以最大限度地改善全球粮食安全。

The project will identify new genes in bread wheat that will alter the timing of developmental well known landmarks in the wheat crop such as heading date and the crop maturity, but also more subtle changes, invisible in everyday observation of the wheat crop. These include stages in the very earliest days of the development of the wheat spike, which are crucial in determining the number of grains finally produced to build the foundations of new high yielding wheat varieties. The project is a collaboration between scientists in the UK, Argentina, Spain, Australia and the Centre for Improvement of Wheat and Maize (CIMMYT) based in Mexico. These partners will target an increase in yield potential in CIMMYT wheat, which reaches countries for which these improvements can do most to improve global food security.