Breeding, cultivation and utilization of Russian dandelion (Taraxacum koksaghyz) - further development of a wild plant into a renewable industrial raw material - breeding methods and characterization of interspecific hybrids

Term

2023-05-01 bis 2026-04-30

Project management

• Katja, Thiele

Responsible institute

Institut für die Sicherheit biotechnologischer Verfahren bei Pflanzen

Project preparer

• Katja, Thiele

Cooperation partner

• ESKUSA GmbH
• Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen
• ScreenSYS GmbH
• Institut für Züchtungsforschung an landwirtschaftlichen Kulturen (JKI)

Overall objective of the project

The commercialization of the cultivation and the utilization of the rubber from Russian dandelion on a large scale are the overriding goals of the project consortium. The interdisciplinary team consisting of a university, two research institutes, a breeding company and a biotechnology company will work together in a goal-oriented manner. In this way, the cultivated plant material should be made productive and competitive more quickly.

Funder

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture