Abstract
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) has importance for both as livestock feed and as part of the human food chain. The climate crisis underscores the need for improvement of crop productivity. The iSMARTBAR project will contribute to these aims through the identification of genes allowing the tuning of leaf chlorophyll content, the modification of canopy architecture, and the improved tolerance of water stress. Candidate genes will be validated by gene editing and allelic diversity will also be explored by means of a wheat TILLING platform, cutting edge protein structural modeling to develop novel variant prioritization approaches.
Project details
Unibo Team Leader: Silvio Salvi
Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agro-Alimentari
Coordinator:
Università degli Studi di MILANO(Italy)
Total Unibo Contribution: Euro (EUR) 94.598,00
Project Duration in months: 24
Start Date:
30/11/2023
End Date:
28/02/2026
