Characterising Rice Genetic Diversity of the Past to Safeguard the Future

大米是一种多功能的碳水化合物，是全球饮食中必不可少的，也是超过50%人口的主食。然而，气候变化正在威胁着大米的广泛供应。RBG基尤和厄勒姆研究所的这一联合项目旨在了解现代农业如何影响水稻遗传多样性。将测量当地地方品种和历史收藏品的遗传多样性。他们的基因组成将被调查，阻碍水稻进一步改良和适应未来气候的有害突变将被量化。

Rice is a versatile carbohydrate essential to diets worldwide and a staple food for over 50% of the human population. However, climate change is threatening rice's wide availability. This joint project between the RBG Kew and the Earlham institute aims to understand how modern agriculture has impacted rice genetic diversity. Genetic diversity in local landraces and across historic collections will be measured. Their genetic makeup will be investigated and deleterious mutations that hinder the further improvement of rice and its adaptation to future climates will be quantified.