Details of the project EPI

Development of a method for identification of winter wheat varieties grown in Poland

01-01-2021 do 31-12-2022

1 327 779,00

EFRROW; national public funds

www.genotypowaniepszenicy.pl

Due to high utility value of common wheat, every year the National Register (KR) includes from several to a dozen new varieties. Breeding lines submitted for registration must meet both the requirements as to distinctness, uniformity and stability and also have suitably high economic value necessary to compete effectively on the market. As the number of varieties increases and the gene pool used to create varieties becomes narrower, it is more and more difficult to effectively compare a newly submitted variety with other available varieties. Registration characterization of new varieties usually consists in a precise description of its morphological and physiological features, both at the qualitative and quantitative level. An important element improving the process of analyzing the distinctness of a new variety would be to determine the differentiation at the genetic level. Such characteristics are introduced by foreign breeding companies, thanks to which they are sure that their new

The result of the operation will be a developed technology for identification of wheat varieties. The method will enable quick and relatively cheap identification of varieties. A great advantage of the method is also its high precision. Both, cereal producers as well as breeders will be able to benefit from the developed tool, which will allow to determine the variety of the examined wheat with high accuracy. The result of the operation will be the development of DNA profiles for collections of wheat varieties and breeding lines. These ready-made patterns will be able to be directly used to compare the DNA profile of an "uncertain" variety with the patterns of certified varieties. The use of the described method in wheat breeding may have a wide range of applications enabling to demonstrate genetic distinctiveness of new varieties. Results of the operation will be published and disseminated in scientific and popular journals.

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