DRIVE
Data-driven and genome-edited breeding of locally adapted wheat varieties to enhance agricultural biodiversity, sustainable climate resilience, and resource efficiency
Abstract
The DRIVE project is developing a globally unique data trust platform for breeding. Wheat serves as a model. Curated big data will be analysed to select contrasting genotypes and environments for their genotype-environment interactions. The data trust platform will be populated with extensive curated and machine-readable genomic, phenotypic and environmental data from 7 breeding programs. The data will be used to develop process-based plant models. The results of the models will be integrated into genome-wide predictions and artificial intelligence methods will be used to predict genotype-environment interactions to enable breeding of locally adapted varieties. The models will be tested for their ability to predict plant performance under new environmental conditions that do not yet exist but are likely to occur due to climate change. This is made possible by the unique phenotyping infrastructure at IPK Gatersleben, the PhenoSphere. In the PhenoSphere, future environments can also be simulated under field-like conditions. In order to develop valuable, unused variations for wheat breeding, modern genome editing techniques will be used to transfer specific alleles into elite genotypes. This is mainly done for new resistance genes that have been lost in the course of breeding. The extensive work done in the Genebank2.0/3.0 project can be used as a basis.
Persons in charge
Dr. Bahareh Kamali
Zahra Haghani
Runtime
01.11.2024 - 23.10.2028
Funding
BMBF - Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Cooperating partners
Participating applicants:
Partner 1: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Prof. Dr. Jochen C. Reif (Project coordination), Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany, Tel: +49 39482-5840, Email: reif@ipk-gatersleben.de, and Dr. Yusheng Zhao Research group Quantitative Genetics, (IPK-QG); Dr. Kerstin Neumann, Research Group Automated Plant Phenotyping (IPK-APP), Prof. Dr. Thomas Altmann, Research Group Heterosis (IPK-HET); Dr. Daniel Arend, Research Group Bioinformatics and Information Technology (IPK-BIT)
Partner 2: University of Bonn, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES-CS), Dr. Bahareh Kamali, Katzenburgweg 9a, 53115 Bonn, Germany, Tel: +49 22873-3258, Email: bkamali@uni-bonn.de
Partner 3: Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Dr. Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany Tel: +49 33432 82-161, Email: EhsanEyshi.Rezaei@zalf.de
Partner 4: Dr. Philipp Schulz, Dr. Kerstin Flath, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institut für Pflanzenschutz in Ackerbau u. Grünland, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany, Tel: +49 0394647-6610, Email: philipp.schulz@julius-kuehn.de; Kerstin.Flath@julius-kuehn.de
Partner 5: Dr. Joachim Forner, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP), Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany, Tel: +49 331-5678311, Email: forner@mpimp-golm.mpg.de
Partner 6: Dr. Monika Spiller und Dr. Wera Eckhoff, KWS LOCHOW GMBH (KWS), Wetze 3, 37154 Northeim, Tel.: +49 15122862210, Fax: 05051/477866144, E-Mail: monika.spiller@kws.com
Partner 7: Dr. László Cselényi, W. von Borries-Eckendorf GmbH & Co. KG (WvB), Hovedisser Str. 94, 33818 Leopoldshöhe, Tel.: +49 05208/912539, Fax: 05208/912549, E-Mail: l.cselenyi@wvb-eckendorf.de
Partner 8: Michael Koch, Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV), Lippstadt, Germany, Tel. +49 (0) 5258 9820 48, E-Mail: Michael.Koch@dsv-saaten.de
Partner 9: infotraX GmbH, Stephanie Sarach-Reuber, Lindenstraße 6, 50321 Brühl, Germany, Tel; +49 2232 1504141, Email: sarach-reuber@infotrax.de
Partner 10: Gemeinschaft zur Förderung von Pflanzeninnovation e. V. (GFPi), Dr. Steffen Kawelke, Dr. Tanja Gerjets, Kaufmannstraße 71-73, 53115 Bonn, Germany, Tel: +49 228 98581-63, Email: steffen.kawelke@bdp-online.de, tanja.gerjets@bdp-online.de
Partner 11: Dr. Josef Holzapfel, SECOBRA Saatzucht GmbH (SECOBRA), Feldkirchen 3, 85368 Moosburg a. d. Isar, , Germany, Tel: +49 8761 7 29 55 13, Email: josef.holzapfel@secobra.de
Partner 12: Marco Stucke, Saatzucht Streng-Engelen GmbH & Co. KG (Streng), Aspachhof, 97215 Uffenheim, Tel: +49 9848 979980; Email:marco.stucke@streng-engelen.de
Partner 13: Dr. Aurore Beral, RAGT 2n, 1 route de Moyrazès – 12510 Druelle – France, Tel.: +33 (0)608682205, Email: aberal@ragt.fr
Partner 14: Nordic Seed Germany GmbH (Nordic Seed), Dr. Ahmed Jahoor, Kirchhorster Str. 16 31688 Nienstädt, Germany. Tel.: +49 151 1084 4885, Email: ahja@nordicseed.com
Partner 15: Prof. Dr. Peng Yu, Plant Genetics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Liesel-Beckmann-Str. 2, 85354 Freising, Germany, Tel: +49 0228-60532, Email: yupeng@uni-bonn.de
Publications
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