international wheat yield partnership
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International Wheat Yield Partnership
Research to Deliver Wheat for the Future
• Richard Flavell, Member of Science and Impact Executive Board • Hans Braun, CIMMYT • Mike Robinson, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture • Steve Visscher, BBSRC • Nora Lapitan, USAID
www.iwyp.org
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Goal
To increase wheat yield potential by up to 50% in 20 years:
– Exploit the best relevant science base worldwide – Incorporate and evaluate in elite germplasm – Transfer germplasm to leading relevant breeding programs
around the world, public and private
• To be inspired and managed by an independent management team and structure, linked with the private sector and developed with state of the art technologies
• To be focused on delivery with a high degree of urgency
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Why now?
• Demands for wheat are increasing
• Gains in breeding programs around the world have slowed to dangerous levels
• New interest from private sector and governments
• Many helpful initiatives around the world in yield protection e.g. in disease control but fewer in yield potential
• New technologies and scientific discoveries offer new possibilities
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Why now?
• Unprecedented progress in underpinning science in discovery and breeding methods e.g. genome sequencing, marker assisted breeding and genomic selection in many crops
• Many relevant discoveries are emerging that could be built into wheat e.g. photosynthesis
• Breeding, dissemination, re-breeding into varieties and evaluation in many environments takes time
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• A Technical Committee met to address how to increase substantially the genetic yield potential of wheat and produced a report
• Six themes were recommended around the concept of creating plants that act as better photosynthesis machines
• These were similar to what had been selected previously by CIMMYT and colleagues as part of the Wheat Yield Consortium
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Carbon Fixation and Grain Yields
Canopy and Biomass Building Senescence and grain filling
Optimize flowering time
Optimize carbon fixation and canopy growth/architecture
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Airborne Remote Sensing Platform for High Throughput Phenotyping
Rapid screening for large trials:
AB1100 tethered helium filled blimp
Astec Falcon 8, remote controlled UAV
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Airborne measurements well associated with ground based data
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Opportunities Around the World
• Screening new germplasm for higher biomass
• Screening wheat relatives for more efficient photosynthesis at multiple temperatures
• Selecting variant architecture, e.g. awns with high photosynthetic outputs
• Looking for variant Rubisco enzymes in wheat relatives
• Selecting better Rubisco activase genes
• Changing Rubisco genes
• Improving the efficiency of regenerating Rubisco substrate
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WHEAT DESIGN: Available genetic variation in
DM partitioning 7 days after anthesis (%) Bars represent genetic range
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9 CIMCOG cultivars raised beds, 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Design targets for HI ↓ Struct. T. stem & L. Shth
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C. Rivera, E. Trujillo, M Reynolds, R Sylvester-Bradley, G. Molero, J Foulkes. .
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Variation in Harvest Index and Yield
From Foulkes et al, Nottingham University
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To Drive Traits Towards the Market
• Define genetic basis of each trait using markers
• Transfer trait(s) to elite germplasm using markers
• Stack traits to create super engine, optimizing phenology and harvest index
• Evaluate germplasm in field settings
• Pre-breed and select
• Release to worldwide breeding programs
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Six Project Areas
• A and B: Improving light capture and conversion into more biomass during growing season using: – wheat and wheat related genetics – proven transgenes
• C: Maximizing grain yields from increased biomass by maintaining or improving harvest index
• D: Building elite, improved lines for transfer to other breeding programs
• E: Taking advantage of discoveries from other initiatives
• F: Breakthrough technologies for wheat breeding
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Integrated Technologies for a World Class Program
To aid management of traits in breeding programs the Hub needs to have, or be linked to, up-to date very high-throughput marker analysis platforms
– Up to date markers from worldwide programs
– Efficient phenotyping platforms
– Leading computational biology and trait breeding systems
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IWYP Breeding and Research Hub CIMMYT-Mexico
Access governed by SIEB
State-of-the-Art High Throughput Field Phenotyping Platform for Trait Validation
Trait Introgression Platform (via the Mexico-CIMMYT Shuttle)
Hosting and Support Services for IWYP Partner Experiments
Data Management/Sharing and Technical Cooperation
Bio-Secure Transgenic Testing Platform
Integration with WHEAT IWIN and National Programs
Genotyping Platforms / Marker Library
Critical Mass of Physiologists, Geneticists, Breeders, and Support Staff
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How will IWYP interact?
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT
YIELD PARTNERSHIP
Private Sector National Breeding
Programmes
International nursery
systems
FARMERS
RELEVANT NATIONAL PROGRAMES
NARS
Universities WISP
Breedwheat TriticeaeCAP
CTAG Others …
RELEVANT
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Wheat Initiative
C4 Rice WHEAT CRP
RIPE BGRI
Others …
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Private Sector Engagement
• Aim: to partner in guiding, assessing and assisting the research program and the broad deployment of outputs of the IWYP
• Contributions: advise the Executive Board in priority setting, sharing of germplasm, technology services, product development
• Benefits: early insights, access to grants process, networking
• Membership fund: will cover the overheads of the PPP
• Intellectual property: wheat material under development produced by the IWYP would be available for use as parental breeding material subject to an appropriate material transfer agreement
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Public Private Partnership
• Bayer Cropscience
• Caussade-Semences
• Dow Agrosciences
• DuPont Pioneer
• InterGrain
• KWS
• Lemaire Deffontaines
• Limagrain
• Momont
• Nordsaat
• Saaten Union Recherches
• SECOBRA Recherches
• Syngenta
A number of companies have expressed interest, some have already applied for membership:
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IWYP Breeding &
Research Hub
Program Director
Secretariat
Industrial Stakeholder
Group
Other National /
International Programs
Data Management
IWYP Aligned Programs
Organisational Structure
International Wheat Yield Partnership Science & Impact Executive Board
International Wheat Yield Partnership Science Leadership Committee
IWYP Competitively
Funded Projects
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Program Plans
Year 1
• Launch IWYP
• Develop PPP
• Appoint Director
• Establish SIEB
• Establish Hub
• Establish SLC
• Launch 1st Competitive call
Year 2
• Launch 2nd Call
• Launch Program F
Years 3 - 5
• Outputs • Outcomes • Dissemination
Engage with other Programs and Develop New Partnerships
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Progress and Future Plans
Funding is in place to: • Appoint the IWYP Program Director • Establish IWYP Breeding Hub at CIMMYT • Launch Initial call(s) for proposals • Establish Science and Impact Executive Board - funders,
leading scientists from public and private sectors • Establish Scientific Leadership Committee
• Flexible mechanisms to allow funding partners to
contribute resources • Seek additional partners from all sectors • We are receptive to ideas and welcome feedback
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Benefits to Developed and Developing Countries and their research
• Development of a strong global wheat public-private research community that share resources, capabilities, data and ideas to improve wheat yield potential
• Transforming the way wheat researchers work, enabling the fast generation of elite lines that are readily accessible to breeders
• Training of a new generation of breeders across the world
• New discoveries leading to new projects funded from other sources, leveraging initial investments
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Increase in Cereal Production to Feed 9 Billion People by 2050
Tester and Langridge. 2010. Science 327:818
60% increase in wheat production to meet food demands by 2050.
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Benefits to Developed and Developing Countries
Significantly increasing wheat yield potential could generate up to 160 million tons of wheat per year – or an estimated $50-100 billion in additional income annually.
“Take it to the farmers.” Norman Borlaug
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IWYP has been developed in partnership
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Q and A and Discussion
Thank you for listening:
• Q & A
• Discussion
• Feedback
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Program Development
IWYP will support research by a range of mechanisms: • Competitive funding calls to attract world class science • A breeding and research hub supported by technical
platforms based at CIMMYT • Alignment of existing, directly relevant, research in other
programs • Flexible mechanisms to allow funding partners to
contribute resources • Sharing with the private sector IWYP will also: • Facilitate the partnership with the private sector • Work with other International Programs • Manage IP and licensing
Saharah Moon to present
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Anticipated Outcomes
Increase yield potential by 50%: • Stronger and elevated state-of-the-art breeding programs at
CIMMYT • Breeding systems and new phenotypic assays for stacking traits • First lines reaching national programs from more productive
breeding programs • Knowledge of genetic variation traits for carbon capture
through to biomass and grain yields • IWYP training programs generate a greater cadre of trained
scientists and breeders • Stronger industrial sector for delivering higher yielding varieties