Unlocking The Agricultural Potential Of The Dark Genome

面对气候变化，保持有竞争力的农业生产需要更具弹性、多样化和适应性的作物品种。对农作物基因的研究为农业带来了巨大的好处，但基因本身只占基因组的一小部分。直到最近，还不可能组装基因之间的“黑暗”空间。利用超现代大麦基因组，该项目旨在利用来自暗基因组的信息来(I)发现具有农业重要性的新基因，(Ii)阐明可能减缓植物育种计划的看不见的基因组特征，以及(Iii)确定将有用的新基因转移到栽培基因库的机会。

Sustaining competitive agricultural production in the face of climate change demands more resilient, diverse, and adaptable crop varieties. Studies on the genes of crop plants have had huge benefits for agriculture, but genes themselves make up only a tiny fraction of the genome. It has until recently been impossible to assemble the 'dark' space between genes. Using ultra-modern barley genomes, this project aims to harness information from the dark genome to (i) discover new genes with agricultural importance, (ii) illuminate invisible genomic features that can slow down plant breeding programs, and (iii) identify opportunities to transfer useful new genes into the cultivated gene pool.