Utilizing cytonuclear diversity for breeding adapted barley
The newly developed Cytoplasmic Multi-Parent populations (CMPP) is utilized for associating nuclear and cytoplasmic diversity with field characteristics. This is including the plasticity of these traits, under different thermal environments in Israel and in California.
Collaborators:
Dan Koenig (UC Riverside, US)
Matteo Dell'Acqua (www.capitalisegenetics.santannapisa.it)
Funding:
BARD (2021-2024)
Horizon 2020 (EU)
Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA)
The newly developed Cytoplasmic Multi-Parent populations (CMPP) is utilized for associating nuclear and cytoplasmic diversity with field characteristics. This is including the plasticity of these traits, under different thermal environments in Israel and in California.
Collaborators:
Dan Koenig (UC Riverside, US)
Matteo Dell'Acqua (www.capitalisegenetics.santannapisa.it)
Funding:
BARD (2021-2024)
Horizon 2020 (EU)
Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA)
CAPITALISE: Harnessing crop photosynthesis using natural alleles
The Barley1K and newly developed Cytoplasmic Multi-Parent populations (CMPP) are utilized for associating nuclear and cytoplasmic diversity with photosynthesis characteristics. This is including the plasticity of these traits, and their rhythms, under different thermal environments.
Collaborators:
Jeremy Harbinson (Lead PI, Wageningen University, NL)
and the larger CAPITALISE consortium [https://www.capitalise.eu/]
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (EU)
The Barley1K and newly developed Cytoplasmic Multi-Parent populations (CMPP) are utilized for associating nuclear and cytoplasmic diversity with photosynthesis characteristics. This is including the plasticity of these traits, and their rhythms, under different thermal environments.
Collaborators:
Jeremy Harbinson (Lead PI, Wageningen University, NL)
and the larger CAPITALISE consortium [https://www.capitalise.eu/]
Funding:
Horizon 2020 (EU)
RECAS9 : Utility of genome editing for directing recombination and trait mapping
Naturally occuring allele from wild relatives are a precious source for understanding biological phenomenon, as well as to serve for crop improvement. However, the quest for the genes underlying these quantitative trait loci (QTL) is faced with non-random recombination. We develop and implement ways to take advantage of double-strand breaks initiated by the CRISPR-CAS9 for directing recombination and allow finer-mapping of QTL using barley as a model plant. This is including collaborations with engineers to try and overcome technical bottlenecks in tissue culture and with nano-chemists to increase penetration of editing events to mature plants.
Collaborators:
Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Markita Landry (UC Berkley, US)
Funding:
The Chief Scientist, Ministry of Agriculture
BSF-NSF
Naturally occuring allele from wild relatives are a precious source for understanding biological phenomenon, as well as to serve for crop improvement. However, the quest for the genes underlying these quantitative trait loci (QTL) is faced with non-random recombination. We develop and implement ways to take advantage of double-strand breaks initiated by the CRISPR-CAS9 for directing recombination and allow finer-mapping of QTL using barley as a model plant. This is including collaborations with engineers to try and overcome technical bottlenecks in tissue culture and with nano-chemists to increase penetration of editing events to mature plants.
Collaborators:
Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
Markita Landry (UC Berkley, US)
Funding:
The Chief Scientist, Ministry of Agriculture
BSF-NSF
Environmental Canalization and Evolution of Plasticity
The barley1K sets a model for investigating the radiation and adaptation of plant populations to diverse niches. We found a strong relationship between environmental variation, genetic diversity, and plants responses to changing environments. High-resolution ecogeographic data is utilized to explore the relationship between climatic and soil attributes of the collection sites to the behaviour of the plant in common garden and controlled experiments, including their circadian rhythm. This naturally evolved variation could lead to the identification of rate-limiting pathways on plant productivity and robustness under scenarios of climate change. Tools developed within this project include the SensyPAM, a high throughput non-invasive phenomics platform for measurements of photosynthesis, growth and circadian clock characteristics. A fresh addition to this project is the first reciprocal doubled hapolid population (DH) made for wild barley, which allows studying the genetic basis of plasticity.
Funding:
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
The barley1K sets a model for investigating the radiation and adaptation of plant populations to diverse niches. We found a strong relationship between environmental variation, genetic diversity, and plants responses to changing environments. High-resolution ecogeographic data is utilized to explore the relationship between climatic and soil attributes of the collection sites to the behaviour of the plant in common garden and controlled experiments, including their circadian rhythm. This naturally evolved variation could lead to the identification of rate-limiting pathways on plant productivity and robustness under scenarios of climate change. Tools developed within this project include the SensyPAM, a high throughput non-invasive phenomics platform for measurements of photosynthesis, growth and circadian clock characteristics. A fresh addition to this project is the first reciprocal doubled hapolid population (DH) made for wild barley, which allows studying the genetic basis of plasticity.
Funding:
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)