EAGLE: Enhanced Analytical and Genetics Tools for Improving UK Food Legumes

EAGLE：增强的分析和遗传学工具，用于改善英国食品豆类

• 批准号: BB/W019221/1
• 负责人: Thomas Wood
• 金额: $ 98.96万
• 依托单位: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 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=BB%2FW019221%2F1
• 关键词: EAGLE; Enhanced; Analytical; Genetics; Tools

Despite providing an excellent source of high-quality protein and featuring as important break-crops in arable cropping rotations improving sustainability, UK-grown pulses (dry pea and faba bean) are under-utilised for human consumption. Historic under-investment in pulse crop breeding and scientific R&D has, until recently, limited scope for improving knowledge and for developing new, better-adapted cultivars. However, the rapid recent growth in plant-based foods and ingredients has led to greater demand for pulses in Western diets aiming to reduce meat and dairy consumption. The food production sector is currently reliant on imported grains such as soya, lentil, and chickpea, even though UK is one of the greatest producers of pulses in Europe. EAGLE will help to improve access to established collections of diverse germplasm, advanced breeding methodologies and analytical testing to characterise nutritional quality could have a profound effect on enhancing researcher's and the plant breeding industry's abilities to develop new resilient, nutritious UK-grown pulse varieties and develop greater understanding of how key traits can be manipulated to benefit society and the environment. This could be a extremely useful in helping to reduce the reliance on imported pulses like soya.

尽管提供了高质量蛋白质的出色来源，并且在可耕作的耕作旋转方面具有重要的分类，但可改善可持续性，但英国种植的豆类（干豌豆和Faba Bean）的利用不足，供人类食用。直到最近，在脉搏作物育种和科学研发方面的历史性不足投资范围有限，用于改善知识和开发新的，更适应的品种。但是，植物性食品和成分的近期迅速增长导致对西方饮食中的豆类需求更大，旨在减少肉类和乳制品的消费量。尽管英国是欧洲最伟大的豆类生产商之一，但目前，粮食生产领域依靠进口谷物（例如大豆，小扁豆和鹰嘴豆）。 Eagle将有助于提高获得多种种质，先进育种方法和分析测试的既定收集，以表征营养质量，这可能会对增强研究人员和植物育种行业的能力产生深远的影响，从而发展出新的韧性，营养丰富的UK成长的脉搏品种，并对关键特征有何使社会和环境有益于对关键特征的更大理解。这对于帮助减少对大豆等进口脉冲的依赖可能非常有用。