Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | BBS/E/C/00004953 | |
| Title | Cereal seed composition and end use quality | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Bio-Energy, Other bio-energy) 20%; Not Energy Related 80%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Biological Sciences) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Prof P (Peter ) Shewry No email address given Plant Biology and Crop Science Rothamsted Research |
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| Award Type | Institute Project | |
| Funding Source | BBSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2008 | |
| End Date | 31 March 2012 | |
| Duration | 48 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £990,117 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology | |
| Region | East of England | |
| Programme | ||
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Prof P (Peter ) Shewry , Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research (100.000%) |
| Web Site | ||
| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | Cereals are the major arable crops in the UK and provide food, feed and raw materials for industry. Different end uses require different composition in terms of the amounts and compositions of the major grain components: starch, protein and cell wall polysaccharides. This project therefore uses a range of approaches (including metabolomics, transcriptomics and transgenesis) to dissect the pathways and mechanisms that determine cereal grain composition and to exploit this information to tailor the composition for traditional and novel end use requirements. Specific targets are:- 1. Manipulating the amounts and composition of wheat endosperm cell walls for health (dietary fibre), feed and processing (distilling, biofuels). 2. Understanding the mechanisms by which proteins determine grain mechanical and functional properties. 3. Manipulating the patterns of gene expression and pathways of protein trafficking and deposition to develop novel wheats with improved processing properties. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 07/10/13 | |
