Resource Project R1: Immortal Biological Resources in Maize
Title: Immortal biological resources in maize
Project manager: Prof. Dr. C.-C. Schön (TUM-PZ)
Project partners: KWS, TUM-PZ, UHO-PZ
Objective:
Development of immortal biological resources in maize for the analysis of allelic diversity and complex genetic phenomena.
Summary:
Access to immortal biological resources is key for the genetic analysis of complex traits and genetic phenomena such as epistasis, genotype by environment interaction and environmental sensitivity. In project R1 two biological resources will be created (i) a large library of maize doubled haploid lines derived from different European landraces and (ii) a two-segment introgression library segregating for important agronomic traits. In collaboration with projects T2 and T4 both resources will be subject to extensive genotyping, phenotyping and metabolic profiling. Genome wide and candidate gene association analyses will be performed to assess the allelic diversity in European maize germplasm. The well defined genetic structure of the introgression library will be a valuable tool for the analysis of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. Population genetic analyses in collaboration with project A4 will provide insights into the genetic structure of the maize genome. Both resources will be available for collaborative research beyond the scope of Synbreed.
Sub-projects:
R1.1: DH-library from maize landraces
R1.2: 2-segment maize introgression library
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