Accelerating the genetic improvement of grain legumes for Australia by developing doubled haploid technology for field pea and chickpea. [ 2005-12-31 - 2010-01-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: KHM Siddique (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof John Kuo (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Tanveer Khan (Partner Investigator)

Brief description Accelerating the genetic improvement of grain legumes for Australia by developing doubled haploid technology for field pea and chickpea. Doubled haploid technology is used in many broad acre crop species to accelerate cultivar development and create homozygous populations for genetic mapping. Field pea and chickpea have been unresponsive to this technique but a recent breakthrough by UWA researchers has resulted in haploid pro-embryos from in vitro cultured immature pollen. A barrier to further embryo maturation has been identified, which we propose to overcome using powerful microscopy tools to elucidate haploid embryology processes. This information will be applied to develop world-first in vitro doubled haploid protocols for these species, which will facilitate the development and accelerated delivery to industry of better adapted, high yielding cultivars.

Funding Amount $370,000

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