Trait characterisation of CWRs and pre-breeding germplasm
Leader UCP, co-leader WUR. Other partners involved: URJC, CRAG, UVIC, UNICT, TAK, BCROP, CYBI, GZPK, CSIC, NOS, APRI, JHI, ATK, FIBL, RSR, IPK.
We characterise CWRs for stakeholder demanded properties such as biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and nutritional value for the identification of valuable germplasm for breeding.
Main objectives of WP3:
- Characterize CWRs and CWR-related breeding populations phenotypically for priority traits related to abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, important emerging nutritional and health properties, crop management and other agronomic properties.
- Investigate the role of CWR-associated diversity of microbiota (seed and plant) to develop new microbe-assisted selection tools.
- Characterize the flagship CWRs genetically and genomically
Tasks:
Task 3.1 – Assessing CWR biotic and abiotic stress resilience.
Task 3.2 – Characterizing CWR benefits in crop management
Task 3.3 – Bioprospecting the nutritional and health value of CWRs
Task 3.4 – Unravel the genetic basis of valuable CWR functional traits, including the CWR ecotype
Task 3.5 – Exploring the microbiome as a tool to enhance crop performance predictions
Contacts:
Marta Vasconcelos (UCP) – mvasconcelos@ucp.pt
Rick van de Zedde (WUR) – rick.vandezedde@wur.nl
News WP3
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