Farming Innovation Programme: Research starter Round 3, full stage - Study of historic orchards, to find 'natural survivors' and assess for natural low-carbon potential, and climate survivability

农业创新计划：研究启动第三轮，完整阶段 - 研究历史果园，寻找“自然幸存者”并评估自然低碳潜力和气候生存能力

• 批准号: 10086694
• 金额: $ 3.83万
• 依托单位: SANDFORD ORCHARDS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10086694
• 关键词: Farming; Innovation; Programme; Research; starter

Saving unique apples, will help secure a brighter future for orchards apples and cider in the UK.There are apple varieties with amazing flavours, keeping qualities and the ability to survive the rapidly changing climate. But if we don't find them, they will be lost forever.Building on a micro trial which itself revealed several varieties unknown to any collection, we will scour the ancient orchards of the Westcountry, needing only a small piece of leaf from each tree, and using rapid sequencing, we will find the rare trees, sample and analyse the fruit - test it for eating, cooking and cider, and observe tree health.The results will give us back apples thought lost forever. We will be able to take a flavour Time Machine and understand what was important hundreds of years ago. Rediscovering ancient fruit also gives apple breeders access to genes thought lost, genes which may hold the key to climate survival.

保存独特的苹果，将有助于确保英国果园的苹果和苹果酒拥有更光明的未来。有些苹果品种具有令人惊叹的口味、保持品质和在快速变化的气候中生存的能力。但如果我们找不到它们，它们将永远消失。在一项微观试验的基础上，该试验本身揭示了任何收藏品都未知的几个品种，我们将搜寻西部国家的古老果园，只需要每棵树上的一小片叶子，并使用快速测序，我们将找到稀有的树木，对果实进行采样和分析 - 对其进行食用、烹饪和苹果酒测试，并观察树木的健康状况。结果将使我们恢复被认为永远失去的苹果。我们将能够乘坐一台时光机器，了解数百年前什么是重要的。重新发现古老的水果也让苹果育种者获得了被认为丢失的基因，这些基因可能是气候生存的关键。