Exploring the agronomic potential of wheat wild relatives
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Project title |
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Exploring the agronomic potential of wheat wild relatives |
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Short description |
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Wheat domestication and breeding has greatly improved the productivity of wheat plants, but has also been accompanied by ‘genetic erosion’, i.e. the loss of potentially important genes and traits related to stress adaptation or product quality. In this project, we investigate members of the Triticeae tribe for traits that could help to provide balanced plant-based diets, improve stress resilience of cropping systems, and diversify crop production. We also devise strategies for harnessing these traits by introgression into domesticated wheat or de novo domestication. |
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Project duration |
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Since 2020 |
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Staff involved |
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Frederike Zeibig, Sumitra Panatha, Michael Frei |
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Collaboration partners |
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Global Crop Diversity Trust, Bonn (Germany) Leibniz Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, IPK Gatersleben (Germany) Cukurova University (Turkey) |
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Funding |
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Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, DAAD |