Root2Resilience: Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change

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23.00050

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Root2Resilience: Root phenotyping and genetic improvement for rotational crops resilient to environmental change

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Abstract (Englisch)	Root2Res will deliver a package of solutions to enhance the resilience of rotational cropping system by considering relevant root traitswith respect to the impact of climate change. Innovations will include phenotyping, genetic and modelling tools that will help breedersevaluate, in field and controlled conditions, novel and existing genotypes of a range of crops (Cereals, Potatoes, Legumes) as rootideotypes for different soil and climatic environments across Europe. Root2Res will also investigate the potential role of emergingcrops (Sweet potato, Lentil) to enhance resilience to environmental change, by assessing their genotypic and phenotypic variation. Theenvironments targeted include those predicted to suffer from the largest impact of climate change on yield in Europe. Resilience to stresswill focus on greater variation in water availability (both drought and waterlogging) and interactions with other stresses (temperature,reduced nutrient availability). We will also consider the impact of novel understanding of the plasticity of traits to stress. Traits tobe assessed will focus on exploration, exploitation and rhizosphere microbiome related traits integrated in an extended phenotype.The impacts of the more resilient ideotypes designed in Root2Res on the delivery of climate change mitigation outcomes (soil carbonsequestration, nutrient utilisation and greenhouse gas emission) will be assessed in field. Root2Res will integrate a strong interactionwith stakeholders all through the project, particularly breeders and farmers. The ambition of Root2Res is to deliver crops adapted tochanging environments and able to mitigate climate change, by utilising existing genetic diversity for breeding programs in a range ofcrop species essential to cropping systems and then widening understanding to crops suitable for resilient future systems. This ambitionwill be supported by the joined commitment of a multidisciplinary partnerships across Europe and beyond.

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Root2Res will deliver a package of solutions to enhance the resilience of rotational cropping system by considering relevant root traitswith respect to the impact of climate change. Innovations will include phenotyping, genetic and modelling tools that will help breedersevaluate, in field and controlled conditions, novel and existing genotypes of a range of crops (Cereals, Potatoes, Legumes) as rootideotypes for different soil and climatic environments across Europe. Root2Res will also investigate the potential role of emergingcrops (Sweet potato, Lentil) to enhance resilience to environmental change, by assessing their genotypic and phenotypic variation. Theenvironments targeted include those predicted to suffer from the largest impact of climate change on yield in Europe. Resilience to stresswill focus on greater variation in water availability (both drought and waterlogging) and interactions with other stresses (temperature,reduced nutrient availability). We will also consider the impact of novel understanding of the plasticity of traits to stress. Traits tobe assessed will focus on exploration, exploitation and rhizosphere microbiome related traits integrated in an extended phenotype.The impacts of the more resilient ideotypes designed in Root2Res on the delivery of climate change mitigation outcomes (soil carbonsequestration, nutrient utilisation and greenhouse gas emission) will be assessed in field. Root2Res will integrate a strong interactionwith stakeholders all through the project, particularly breeders and farmers. The ambition of Root2Res is to deliver crops adapted tochanging environments and able to mitigate climate change, by utilising existing genetic diversity for breeding programs in a range ofcrop species essential to cropping systems and then widening understanding to crops suitable for resilient future systems. This ambitionwill be supported by the joined commitment of a multidisciplinary partnerships across Europe and beyond.