The projects cover a broad range of research topics related to the IWYP goal of raising the genetic yield potential of wheat by up to 50% over the coming 20 years.
The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) has announced eight major projects it will be funding as part of its first competitive call.
The projects cover a broad range of research topics related to the IWYP goal of raising the genetic yield potential of wheat by up to 50% over the coming 20 years.
The selected projects are:
- Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency to Increase Wheat Yields
- Molecular Dissection of Spike Yield Components in Wheat
- Improving Wheat Yield by Optimizing Energy Use Efficiency
- Increasing Carbon Capture by Optimizing Canopy Resource Distribution
- Using Next Generation Genetic Approaches to Exploit Phenotypic Variation in Photosynthetic Efficiency to Increase Wheat Yield
- AVP1, PSTO1 and NAS – Three High Value Genes for Higher Wheat Yield
- A CIMMYT Diversity Toolkit to Maximize Harvest Index by Controlling the Duration of Developmental Phases
- Wider and Faster: High-Throughput Phenotypic Exploration of Novel Genetic Variation for Breeding High Biomass and Yield in Wheat
The IWYP supporters include BBSRC, who is contributing over $5m in funding to the projects.
Five of the eight funded projects are being led by UK-based research teams. Other partners include Mexico, Argentina, India, Australia and the US.
For more information see the BBSRC website.