[SCAN] New avenues for increasing yield and stability in C3 cereals. The case of wheat
Rubén Vicente
| When |
24 Jun, 2020
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12:00 pm to 01:00 pm |
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| Where | Zoom Webinar |
| Contact Name | Rita Abranches |
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Title: New avenues for increasing yield and stability in C3 cereals. The case of wheat
Speaker: Rubén Vicente
Abstract: Ensuring food security is facing new challenges due to the increase of the world population and the impacts of climate change on agriculture. Cereals are economically and culturally important crops in the Mediterranean basin, such as bread and durum wheat. The response of these crops to future climate scenario (e.g. high temperatures, water/salt stress, nutrient deficiencies) involves changes in physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms and can severely affect food production and human diet. The understanding of such responses will help (i) to predict the impacts of climate change on plant growth and productivity, (ii) to understand the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the plant adaptation to such growth conditions, and (iii) to identify biomarkers associated with tolerance and/or high productivity under future climate scenario. Plant responses to abiotic stresses define a complex and sophisticated regulatory network. To address this issue, in our group we work with a multi-level approach to investigate at whole plant level such responses by combining agronomic, physiological and molecular analyses and by covering different organs of the plants. Our objective is to study the source-sink dynamics in cereal crops and model plants, identifying the time and the place when and where the nutrients are being assimilated and used for grain filling. The final goal is to provide useful information for future breeding programmes to improve crop yield while enhancing nutrient use efficiency on a sustainable basis.
Zoom webinar - ITQB NOVA Virtual auditorium
