Europe
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Jean-Pierre cohan
Country: France
Institution: Arvalis Institut du végétale
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Bernd Hackauf
Country: Germany
Institution: Julius Kühn Institute
The overall objective of TERTIUS is to develop wheat prototypes with optimized root system, improved water-use efficiency and good baking quality, which are characterized by stable and high grain yield under drought stress.
Projects:
Genome-based strategies to use the tertiary gene-pool for breeding of climate smart wheat (TERTIUS)
Agata Gadaleta
Country: Italy
Institution: University of Bari Aldo Moro
The main scope of the project CerealMed is to fill gaps for implementing a biodiversity-based wheat cropping system in the Mediterranean area. Cerealmed addresses the challenge biodiversity from many different points of view, ranging from crop genetic diversity to alternative end-use of crops, from multi-crop farming systems to soil microbioma diversity, to achieve relevant ecosystem targets. Agata Gadaleta coordinates the CerealMed project. She works at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bari.
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Nicolae Saulescu
Country: Romania
Institution: National Agricultural Research & Development Institute (NARDI)– FUNDULEA
Climate changes have manifested in the last years in Romania mainly by a considerbable incease in temperatures and by increased fequenchy of drought periods. Both have had an important impact on wheat yields. The project aims at accelerating genetic progress for heat and drought resistance in the winter wheat breeding program, by:
Introgression of favorable genes of cultivars from countries more affected by these abiotic stresses
Use of MAS and seedling tests
Projects:
Improving adaptability of wheat and barley crops to climate changes takig place in Romania
Gabriela Serban
Country: Romania
Institution: National Agricultural Research & Development Institute (NARDI)– FUNDULEA
The AGENT (Activated Genebank network) project, a project funded by the programme HOROZON 2020, aims to unlock the full potential of the biological material stored in gene banks around the globe by introducing a new international standard and an open digital infrastructure for the management of plant genetic resources. Targeting a better integration of existing genetic material into modern breeding programs, the project will make an important contribution to global food security and the adaption of staple food crops to changing climatic conditions worldwide.
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Eva Johannson
Country: Sweden
Institution: Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences
Eva Johannson is working as Professor at the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences (SLU) as the head of the department of plant breeding. She and her group are searching for genes responsible for drought tolerance, climate change tolerance and stability across environments in alien and acient wheat lines.
Andreas Hund
Country: Switzerland
Institution: ETH Zurich
Andreas Hund leads the team of physiological breeding at ETH Zurich. Together with research partners and breeders the team develops new phenotyping methods to enhance the genetic gain for climate-change adaptation. It aims to test the hypothesis that short-term responses to weather pattern may be used to identify genotypes better adapted to heat and drought during critical stages for yield formation. To achieve this, the group uses the unique Field Phenotyping Platform (FIP), drones and mobile devices. The data derived from continuous phenotyping is processed with advanced feature extraction methods and modelling tools to derive the relevant traits.
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Simon Griffith
Countries: United Kingdom
Institution: John Innes Centre
DSW is a co-ordinated and collaborative initiative, funded by BBSRC, to address critical challenges in achieving genetic progress for wheat. This includes: nutritional value, yield, and sustainable production in order to safeguard the future of this vital crop. It builds upon work carried out in DFW and WISP, which were focused on germplasm resources from genebanks to gene discovery. Through the work carried out in these projects, much has been achieved in this area meaning that in DSW we focus on using these resources to deliver new understanding of trait biology and delivery of traits for public good. DSW is investigating a variety of traits relevant to AHEAD, including those involved in ambient temperature sensitivity, root and shoot development, crop height, inflorescence and grain development, root response to nutrient availability, use of nitrogen fertiliser and other nutrients, resistance to a range of pathogens and pests and finally the quantity and quality of starch, dietary fibre and minerals in grain. Resources and information generated within the DSW programme are fully accessible and adhere to FAIR data principles. DSW works extremely in close partnership with wheat breeders to run the Breeders Toolkit pre breeding platform. We look forward to collaborating with members of AHEAD!
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