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Titre : GENDIBAR : Utilization of local genetic diversity to understand and exploit barley adaptation to harsh environments and for pre-breeding

Pays/Région : Italy ; Spain ; Turkey ; Egypt ; Tunisia ; Algeria

Date : Start date 2019-09-01 End date 2022-08-31

Identifiant : 189-GENDIBAR
Type de projet : Applied research project

Objectif
GENDIBAR aims to acquire new knowledge in the genomics and agronomy field on the physiological and molecular mechanisms related to the barley adaptation to abiotic stresses caused by climate changes in the Mediterranean basin, enhancing the biodiversity of local ecotypes through the pre-breeding. Pre-breeding includes a whole series of activities aimed at identifying desirable characters coming from materials that are not suitable for use in varietal development, and at transferring these characters to an intermediate set of materials to create new varieties. GENDIBAR will adopt solutions based on the molecular characterization and sequencing of local barley ecotypes, working on gene expression studies during specific development phases and on new simulation algorithms for the creation of high productivity ideotypes.

Présentation
GENDIBAR will acquire new knowledge to fill the existing research gaps to adapt barley farming in relation to the projected climate change and shifts of the agroecological zones, which in turn will contribute to ensure food security in the Mediterranean. To valorise barley biodiversity, sequencing data, pre-breeding material and phenotyping results will be shared with scientists and other project stakeholders, using publicly available databases of biological information. One of the legacies of GENDIBAR will be the deployment of the pattern of genetic variants in selected genotypes, which will allow other scientists to sustain current and future barley breeding programmes in different agro-ecological zones of the Mediterranean.

Coordinateur : Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)
Partenaires : University of Milan École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique (ENSA) Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Ain Shams University University of Lleida CSIC - Spanish National Research Council University of Sfax Tekfen Holding

Financement principal : Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) (H2020)
Budget : 1 383 966 EUR

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