Characterising Rice Genetic Diversity of the Past to Safeguard the Future

表征过去的水稻遗传多样性以保护未来

• 批准号: 2869278
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 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=studentship-2869278
• 关键词: Characterising; Rice; Genetic; Diversity; Past

Rice is a versatile carbohydrate essential to diets worldwide and a staple food for over 50% of the human population. However, climate change is threatening rice's wide availability. This joint project between the RBG Kew and the Earlham institute aims to understand how modern agriculture has impacted rice genetic diversity. Genetic diversity in local landraces and across historic collections will be measured. Their genetic makeup will be investigated and deleterious mutations that hinder the further improvement of rice and its adaptation to future climates will be quantified.

大米是全世界饮食中必需的多功能碳水化合物，也是超过 50% 人口的主食。然而，气候变化正在威胁大米的广泛供应。 RBG Kew 和厄勒姆研究所之间的这个联合项目旨在了解现代农业如何影响水稻遗传多样性。将测量当地地方品种和历史收藏品的遗传多样性。他们的基因组成将被研究，阻碍水稻进一步改良及其对未来气候适应的有害突变将被量化。