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14 th QTL-MAS Workshop, Poznań University <strong>of</strong> Life Sciences, Poland 2010POLAPGEN-BD: a project on biotechnology for breeding cereals withincreased res<strong>is</strong>tance to drought #Paweł Krajewski 1∗ , Anetta Kuczyńska 1 and POLAPGEN Consortium 21 Institute <strong>of</strong> Plant Genetics, Pol<strong>is</strong>h Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań2 POLAPGEN Consortium for Applied Genetics and Genomics, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań,www.polapgen.pl∗ Presenting author: Paweł Krajewski, email: pkra@igr.poznan.pl<strong>The</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> the project <strong>is</strong> drought res<strong>is</strong>tance in cereals, investigated in spring barley treatedas both a model and economically important plant. Increasing desiccation <strong>of</strong> the environment,reflecting the water deficit in the soil, requires tools that would enable the breeders to carryout selection <strong>of</strong> genotypes res<strong>is</strong>tant to drought. <strong>The</strong> project cons<strong>is</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> 23 research taskscarried out under POLAPGEN Consortium whose partners are 10 research units and 2breeding companies. Tasks were formulated in such a way that a wide range <strong>of</strong> character<strong>is</strong>ticsdetermining plants’ res<strong>is</strong>tance to drought will be studied. All tasks will be realized on thesame plant material, which enables integration <strong>of</strong> many research teams around the sameproblem solved in a modern way. Comprehensive approach to the problem <strong>of</strong> cerealres<strong>is</strong>tance to shortage <strong>of</strong> water will enable to evaluate interdependence <strong>of</strong> various parametersdetermining that character<strong>is</strong>tic. System approach will be achieved by adopting a model <strong>of</strong>tolerance <strong>of</strong> plants to drought stress containing ecophysiological, morphological, anatomical,metabolic, proteomic, and molecular levels considered in the context <strong>of</strong> genetics. Selectedparameters <strong>of</strong> the model and interdependence between them will be evaluated. <strong>The</strong> projectwill allow to set new markers for res<strong>is</strong>tance to drought, both molecular and morphological, aswell as new methods <strong>of</strong> evaluation <strong>of</strong> res<strong>is</strong>tance based on physiological and physicalindicators. Data obtained will also allow the creation <strong>of</strong> the ideotype <strong>of</strong> res<strong>is</strong>tant varieties,characterized by the complex <strong>of</strong> character<strong>is</strong>tics and properties at the whole plant level and atthe cellular and molecular level.#Project carried out under Innovative Economy Programme 2007-2013, Action 1.3, Subaction 1.3.1. within thesubject „Biological progress in agriculture and environment protection”.45
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