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Network - maintenance and enhancement of the adaptability of crops
Project
Project code: JKI-ZL-08-0038
Contract period: 01.01.2008
- 29.02.2020
Purpose of research: Demonstration
The objective of the project consists in the application of a plant genetic resources management procedure in barley that was originally developed for wheat. Organisational structures are to be created which are complementary to the ex situ management of germplasm. The commitment for this is laid down in Art. 5 of the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The technical concept is based on a proposal of Schnell (1989) called 'regrowing genetic resources'. Accordingly, a genetically diverse base population is created, reproduced at ecogeographically contrasting sites in Germany, where it differentiates owing to the site specific selection pressure during a period of eight years. With this project a research infrastructure component for modern research into the evolution of crop plants is developed at the same time.
Section overview
Subjects
- Plant Breeding
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops (JKI-ZL)
