Exchange of heat and drought stress tolerant wheat research technologies in response to climate warming and selection of genetic resources
A collection of wheat genotypes cultivated in Central Europe and South Korea is being studied, supplemented by genebank material in field trials and experiments under controlled growth conditions. For example, transpiration reactions of wheat are...
Term: 2025-11-15 bis 2028-12-31AI-based optimization of selection under drought stress in wheat breeding
The work program comprises three main aspects: 1) The investigation of representative wheat genotypes under controlled conditions in order to draw conclusions about drought stress tolerance. This will be represented in AI models using hyperspectral...
Term: 2024-04-01 bis 2027-12-31Network for the conservation and promotion of the adaptability of crops
The aim of the project is to develop a method for preserving and utilising barley that was originally intended for wheat. To this end, new structures are to be created that complement the existing storage in gene banks. The idea behind this is to...
Term: 2022-07-01 bis 2027-04-30Sustainable winter oilseed rape production through breeding improvement of the NUE and optimization of the cultivation system
In NAWIRA, it is foreseen to initially grow 300 test hybrids at different locations under different N levels and two different N fertilization regimes (nitrate- vs. ammonium-emphasized) and use them as a training data set for genomic selection...
Term: 2023-08-15 bis 2026-08-14Genetic analysis and modeling of wheat-rust interaction to develop stable, multi-resistant wheat varieties
At 13 locations, 400 observation plots are grown annually. Throughout the project period, results of rust bonitures from multi-site trials are transmitted. In parallel, single-spore inoculations are carried out based on the respective previous...
Term: 2023-09-01 bis 2028-08-31Increased humus reproduction through the cultivation of sorghum in Germany as an active contribution to climate protection
The aim of SORGHUM is the utilization of another C4 plant for plant production in Germany in order to actively contribute to C sequestration in the sense of climate protection through higher humus reproduction and at the same time to substantially...
Term: 2023-01-01 bis 2025-12-31Safety of RNAi technology in plant protection: Method evaluation for estimating effectivity and potential impacts on target and off-target organisms
“RNAi_safe” pursues a methodological approach to answer open questions about the safe use of RNAi technology in plant protection. The project aims at detecting and evaluating of potential exposure pathways and effects of dsRNA-based plant...
Term: 2022-01-01 bis 2026-02-15Coordination Unit of the CWR Hotspots
With climate change and species loss on the rise, there is a need to conserve the genetic diversity of wild plants important for food and agriculture in their natural habitat. This enables the conservation of traits that are not present in...
Term: 2024-07-17 bis 2031-12-31Exploiting Cereal Biodiversity in nutrient use and Biological interactions in crop resilience breeding
CerealBio will target root plasticity and functions for improved nutrient/resource uptake (mainly N/P, and less extensively N/water), synergies with the beneficial microbiome, and basal or neighbor-induced genetic resistances to FHB and STB, also...
Term: 2025-07-01 bis 2028-06-30Rapeseed for organic farming - use of adapted evolutionary bulks to improve resource efficiency and climate adaptation
In the project, subpopulations of evolutionary bulks are to be phenotypically investigated. In particular, the root and shoot architecture characteristics are to provide information and key figures in connection with the overall yield, which will be...
Term: 2025-01-01 bis 2027-12-31