Genomic Selection for Pasture Digestibility

Project description

Better pastures for high productivity, low methane emissions

The development of new forage plant varieties to support milk and meat production is critical. High digestibility of the forage has positive effects on animal production and can limit methane emissions – a key goal of the EU's climate policy. Despite this, improvements in perennial ryegrass (PRG) digestibility have been modest due to its long breeding cycle. However, using information in the DNA to estimate a plants digestibility presents an opportunity to reduce time taken to complete a cycle of selection by at least a factor of five. The EU-funded GenSPaD project will develop and test approaches to use DNA information to predict nutritional value in forage breeding programmes.

Field of science

• /agricultural sciences/agriculture, forestry, and fisheries/agriculture/industrial crops/fodder
• /natural sciences/chemical sciences/organic chemistry/aliphatic compounds

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panel

Coordinator

TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Address

Oak Park
R93 Carlow
Ireland

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 196 590,72