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CropLife - Enhanced Plant Productivity through Control of Lifespan
Finanzierung:
EU - FP7;
The world-wide demand for primary plant products to be used for food, feed and fuel is increasing dramatically. The foreseen climate changes are expected to have a negative impact on plant productivity in addition. Future agriculture urgently needs new crop plant varieties with enhanced and sustainable productivity.To meet this challenge, CropLife focuses on leaf lifespan as a major determinant of plant productivity and aims to develop new breeding strategies for prolonging leaf photosynthesis and delaying senescence processes. The network focuses on barley as a grain crop and perennial ryegrass as a biomass and forage crop, both of which are excellent models for research and crop development in Europe with divergent demands for the quality of the harvested product. The CropLife primary objec tives will be addressed in five workpackages. These are: the identification of key factors initi ating senescence (1), and proteins regulating leaf lifespan (2), the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of senescence-associated protein degradation and nitrogen remobilization (3), and the analysis of lifespan and exploitation of genetic variation in lifespan (4) in order to breed new varieties with increased productivity (5). An additional WP6 concerns the activities connected with management of the project. CropLife provides intersectorial experience by integrating partners from the public and private sectors. The training programme includes state-of the-art local training activities and network-wide courses, summer schools and work shops. Young researchers will be trained in a range of cutting edge research skills, as well as in complementary skills that will enhance their career prospects. Further benefits will arise from secondments in partner laboratories and intersectoral visits to associated partners from the private sector. To guarantee training at the most advanced level, outstanding scientists in the field will be integrated as visiting researchers. Workshops and a final network conference will provide a platform for dissemination of the network s achievements which are expected to increase the competitiveness of European plant research and agriculture.

Anmerkungen

Koordinator: Prof. Dr. Karin Krupinska - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Schlagworte

Lifespan
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