Title: Breeding for drought tolerance with known gene information
Period: January 2008 to December 2009
Principal Investigator:Jiankang Wang (quantitative geneticist and simulation modeler)
Partners: CIMMYT, Mexico
CSIRO and UQ, Australia
CAAS, China
INRA, France
ICRISAT, India
Objectives: In this proposal, our objectives are (1) to develop simulation tools for direct application in the study of drought adaptation; (2) to improve the QTL detection power and to conduct intensive QTL mapping studies in order to acquire precise gene information and build increasingly realistic and robust genetic modes; and (3) to apply the simulation tools in ongoing breeding programs and to train breeders to be able to continually and autonomously optimize their ongoing drought tolerance breeding programs. http://www.generationcp.org