Objective F1 hybrid is a proven-breeding tool since it gives crops better yield and natural protection of breeder's rights. It relies on parental homozygosity and, in most crops, reversible male sterility. The former ensures the uniformity of the hybrid crops, the latter allows large-scale hybrid seed production without emasculation. Instead of repeated self-pollination, a rapid way to reach 100% homozygosity is through microspore embryogenesis followed by chromosome doubling to produce doubled haploid (DH) plants. Unfortunately, this is only feasible in a few crops and cannot combine with male sterile system. As a multidisciplinary consortium, HybTech will use in vivo metabolic starvation to establish a widely applicable breeding technology that can combine reversible male sterility and production odd plants. It will provide a rapid way to generate new Fl varieties without releasing transgenic pollen to the environment. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesdevelopmental biologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturenatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticschromosomes Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-5. - Key action Sustainable Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator PLANT RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL B.V. Address Droevendaalsesteenweg 1 6700 AA Wageningen Netherlands See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE PER LA CEREALICOLTURA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via stezzano 24 24126 Bergamo See on map MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Am muehlenberg 1, haud 4 14476 Gross glienicke potsdam See on map NUNHEMS ZADEN B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Voort 6 6080 AA Haelen See on map UNIVERSITY OF BERNE Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Altenbergrain 21 3012 Bern See on map UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address 9,dr. bohrgasse 9 1030 Wien See on map
