Improving water-use efficiency in wheat by modulating leaf structure

小麦提供了全球消费的29%的卡路里，是英国的一种主要农作物。反映了有限资源的压力增加，改善了水的状况。小麦育种的一个主要目标是提高水分利用效率，这反映了有限资源的压力增加。作为之前一个案例研究的结果，我们有证据表明，在育种/进化过程中，已经选择了尺寸增大和形状改变的叶细胞，这与现代小麦水分利用效率(WUE)的提高有关[2]。本项目的目的是验证这一假说，并为案例合作伙伴提供新的性状，作为改良WUE小麦的目标。

Wheat provides 29% of calories consumed worldwide and is a major UK crop. Reflecting increased pressure on a finite resource, improving water. Reflecting increased pressure on a finite resource, improving water-use efficiency is a major objective in wheat breeding (1). As a result of a previous CASE studentship, we have evidence that during breeding/evolution there has been a selection for leaf cells which have increased size and altered shape, and that this is linked to improved water-use efficiency (WUE) in modern wheat (2). The aim of this project is to test this hypothesis and to provide the CASE partner with novel traits as targets for breeding wheat with improved WUE.