COMREC

Control of meiotic recombination: from Arabidopsis to crops

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM    more  Organization address address: Edgbaston city: BIRMINGHAM postcode: B15 2TT contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: May Cognome: Chung Email: send email Telefono: 441214000000 Fax: 441214000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	3˙645˙642 €
EC contributo	3˙645˙642 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN
Funding Scheme	MC-ITN
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-11-01   -   2017-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM  Organization address address: Edgbaston city: BIRMINGHAM postcode: B15 2TT contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: May Cognome: Chung Email: send email Telefono: 441214000000 Fax: 441214000000	UK (BIRMINGHAM)	coordinator	664˙077.44
2	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Pascaline Cognome: Toutois Email: send email Telefono: +33 472445641	FR (PARIS)	participant	514˙097.32
3	WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 city: WAGENINGEN postcode: 6708 PB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Van Beem Email: send email Telefono: +31 317 485245 Fax: +31 317 481183	NL (WAGENINGEN)	participant	475˙922.92
4	THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE  Organization address address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane city: CAMBRIDGE postcode: CB2 1TN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Renata Cognome: Schaeffer Email: send email Telefono: +44 1223 333543 Fax: +44 1223 332988	UK (CAMBRIDGE)	participant	287˙256.64
5	THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE  Organization address address: ERROL ROAD INVERGOWRIE city: DUNDEE postcode: DD2 5DA contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Karen Cognome: Robb Email: send email Telefono: 441383000000 Fax: 441383000000	UK (DUNDEE)	participant	287˙256.64
6	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE  Organization address address: Rue De L'Universite 147 city: PARIS CEDEX 07 postcode: 75338 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Magali Cognome: Nawrocki-Serin Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 30833282 Fax: +33 1 30833319	FR (PARIS CEDEX 07)	participant	258˙148.66
7	UNIVERSITAT WIEN  Organization address address: UNIVERSITATSRING 1 city: WIEN postcode: 1010 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Schloegelhofer Email: send email Telefono: 431428000000	AT (WIEN)	participant	242˙401.72
8	UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM  Organization address address: SPUI 21 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1012WX contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jan-Willem Cognome: Bleeker Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 5257849	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	239˙061.46
9	UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID  Organization address address: AVENIDA DE SENECA 2 city: MADRID postcode: 28040 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Isabel Cognome: Rodríguez Villa Email: send email Telefono: 34913946376	ES (MADRID)	participant	228˙881.62
10	Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie  Organization address address: Kaiserstrasse 12 city: Karlsruhe postcode: 76131 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Antonella Cognome: Barelli-Kummer Email: send email Telefono: +49 721 608 43833	DE (Karlsruhe)	participant	224˙268.88
11	LEIBNIZ - INSTITUT FUER PFLANZENGENETIK UND KULTURPFLANZENFORSCHUNG  Organization address address: CORRENSTRASSE 3 city: GATERSLEBEN postcode: 6466 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Thomas Cognome: Lüttge Email: send email Telefono: +49 39482 5317 Fax: +49 39482 5139	DE (GATERSLEBEN)	participant	224˙268.88

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Global population stands at 7 billion and is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. It is anticipated that food production will need to increase by at least 50% to meet the demand arising from this increase in population. This will require a sustained improvement in crop yield. The nature of this challenge is exacerbated by the likely impact of climate change. These factors combine to make Food Security one the key challenges for the 21st century. To deliver improvement and sustainability in crop production it will be necessary to harness a broad spectrum approaches. Crop improvement will be crucial and a major part in the delivery of this will be based on classical breeding. This harnesses the genetic variation that is generated by homologous recombination during meiosis. Meiotic recombination creates new combinations of alleles that confer new phenotypes that can be tested for enhanced performance. It is also crucial in mapping genetic traits and in the introgression of new traits from sources such as wild-crop varieties. Despite the central role played by meiosis in crop production we are remarkably ignorant as to how the process is controlled in these species. For example, it is not known why recombination in cereals and forage grasses is skewed towards the ends of the chromosomes such that an estimated 30-50% of genes rarely, if ever, recombine thereby limiting the genetic variation that is available to plant breeders. Moreover, as many crop species are polyploid a further level of complexity is added to the meiotic process. Over the past 15 years studies in Arabidopsis, many conducted in the laboratories in the COMREC consortium, have provided both insights into the control of meiosis in plants and generated the tools to analyze this process in crop species. It is now timely, to translate this knowledge, training a new generation of young scientists who will gain the expertise to understand and develop strategies to modify recombination in crops.'