Wheat Yield Partnership funds eight projects

3 November, 2015

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.

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