Objective Limited water resources are now a major challenge to World food security esp. in many developing countries such as those in the Mediterranean basin. Cereal cultivation, including rice and wheat, requires a tremendous amount of water, and any deficiency can severely affect yield. CEDROME aims to develop drought resistant cereals to support the efficient use of water supplies in the Mediterranean area. Additionally, development of drought resistant cereals will also facilitate increased agricultural productio n by making use of large areas of yet underdeveloped dry lands. With the available genomic sequence, the well-defined genetic maps and large collection of mutation and insertion lines, rice is the obvious model for this research. The knowledge obtained and functional genes identified from rice can be extrapolated in the improvement of other cereal crops such as wheat, barley and sorghum since they are closely related. This multi-disciplinary project combines European and MPC expertise in classical breeding, plant physiology and cereal crop biotechnology to assist the development of a new generation of wheat and upland rice varieties with enhanced drought resistance. 2 Chinese partners in this project provide expertise in cereal biotechnolog, as well as valua ble breeding tools and materials. Molecular markers will be used to identify drought-related loci. Conventional breeding will be used to combine drought resistance genes in new cultivars and new candidate drought resistance genes will be identified. Constr ucts will be made with these new and existing putativedrought resistance genes and transgenic rice and wheat plants will be evaluated in various countries under different growing conditions. In addition genetic approaches will be taken to identify new gene s from different mutagenized populations. Results of this project will support sustainable development in the Mediterranean area and will also be applicable to other cereal-growing countries. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutationmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionmedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO - Specific measures in support of international co-operation INCO-2003-B1.2 - Improving the water consumption by users and uses. Call for proposal FP6-2003-INCO-MPC-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator LEIDEN UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address Rapenburg 70 LEIDEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES China EU contribution No data Address 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District BEIJING See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE DE COOPÉRATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT France EU contribution No data Address 42 rue Scheffer PARIS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA E SPERIMENTAZIONE IN AGRICOLTURE (C.R.A.) - ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE PER LA CEREALICOLTURA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Cassia 176 ROME See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY China EU contribution No data Address Shi-Zhi-Shan Street, No. 1 WUHAN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER - RICE RESEARCH PROGRAMAGRICULTURAL GENETIC ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE (AGERI) Egypt EU contribution No data Address 9 Gamma Street GIZA See on map Total cost No data CENTER DE BIOTECHNOLGIE DE SFAX Tunisia EU contribution No data Address Route de Sokra Km 4 1117 SFAX See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIV. CADI AYYAD, FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA MARRAKECH-MOROCCO Morocco EU contribution No data Address Bd My Abdallah MARRAKECH See on map Total cost No data CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY China EU contribution No data Address No.2 Yuan Ming Yuan West Road, Haidian District BEIJING See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Kings College ABERDEEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA E LA SPERIMENTAZIONE IN AGRICOLTURA Italy EU contribution No data Address via Nazionale 82 ROMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
