NEFA-KULT

Network for the conservation and promotion of the adaptability of crops

Term

2022-07-01 bis 2027-04-30

Project management

• Nadine, Bernhardt
• Holger, Zetzsche

Responsible institute

Institut für Resistenzforschung und Stresstoleranz

Project preparer

• Nadine, Bernhardt
• Holger, Zetzsche

Cooperation partner

• Bundessortenamt
• Forschung & Züchtung (Träger: Landbauschule Dottenfelderhof e.V.)
• Universität Kassel, FB 11 Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften, Ökologischer Land- und Pflanzenbau
• Institut für Züchtungsforschung an landwirtschaftlichen Kulturen (JKI)
• Syngenta Seeds GmbH & Co. KG
• Nordic Genetic Resource Center
• Technische Universität München
• Institut für Strategien und Folgenabschätzung (JKI)

Overall objective of the project

The aim of the project is to transfer a management process for plant genetic resources to barley that was originally developed for wheat. Organisational structures complementary to ex situ management are to be created. The obligation for this arises from Article 5 of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The technical concept is based on the idea of the ‘renewable genetic resource’. A genetically diverseng population was established, which is cultivated at contrasting ecogeographical locations in Germany, where it genetically differentiates under site-specific selection pressure over a total period of 10 years. This project is developing a research infrastructure component for modern evolutionary research in crops.

Funder

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture