Project: Securing a sustainable production of food and feed - a functional genomic-guided strategy for improving biotic stress tolerance in cereals
The aim of this project is to develop innovative resistance breeding strategies for wheat and maize. Quantitative genetic approaches, genomics and bioinformatics will be employed to exploit and extend natural plant resistance against Fusarium and Septoria. 4 workpackages will be pursued: (i) analysis of genetic diversity of crops and pathogens; (ii) identification and characterisiation of functional genomic regions; (iii) candidate gene selection and genetic engineering. The deliverables will be used in workpackage 4 for a meta analysis across pathosystems. The meta analysis will be used in molecular breeding approaches for improved varieties with durable disease resistance by the industrial partners
| Acronym | CEREHEALTH |
| Duration | 01/05/2007 - 01/05/2010 |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | ERA-PG |
| Call | Structuring Plant Genomic Research in Europe - ERA-PG First Call for Proposals (2006) |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture | Germany | ||
| Biogemma | France | ||
| French National Institute for Agricultural Research - Agrocampus Rennes | France | ||
| Georg-August-University Göttingen | Germany | ||
| KWS Saat | Coordinator | Germany | |
| Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | Germany | ||
| Lochow-Petkus | Germany | ||
| PLANTA Projektmanagement-Systeme GmbH | Germany | ||
| Spanish National Research Council | Spain | ||
| University of Hohenheim | Germany | ||
| University of Zürich | Switzerland |