WheatCAP

 Our efforts in advancing wheat breeding get renewed support

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded our consortium of 41 wheat breeders and researchers from 22 institutions in 20 states a $15 million grant to fund a research project focused on breeding wheat better adapted to the challenges imposed by climate change. To this end, we will implement and adapt a series of technologies such as drone imagery and phenotyping, high-throughput genotyping, genomic selection programs and the development of public database tools. The project will also contribute to the next generation of wheat breeders by training a cohort of 20 plant Ph.D. students. 

Education, extension and outreach

• Educational Activities
• Plant Breeding Training Network (PBTN)
• Wheat and Barley Related Education and Extension Materials
• 2021 Graduate Student Survey
• 2022 Graduate Student Survey

Scientific contents

• 2023 Genomic Selection Workshop
• 2023 T3/Breedbase Online Workshop
• The Triticeae Toolbox (T3)
  • The T3 and the FAIR guidelines
• Protocols for marker-assisted selection in wheat
• UAS User Manual for the WheatCAP project
• The WheatCAP UAS Survey
• Mark Cooper’s Seminar: Revisiting the Breeder’s Equation
• 2020 Webinar series
• 2019 WheatCAP Plant Science Symposium

Projects, Reports and Management Meetings

• Scientific publications and released varieties and germplasm
• Annual reports, publications and germplasm
• Initial Meeting WheatCAP 2022-2026
• coPI meeting – September 30, 2022
• 2023 Annual WheatCAP Meeting
• QTL cloning projects (previous WheatCAP projects)
• Initial germplasm list (previous WheatCAP projects)

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