summary & powerpoint
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Summary & PowerPoint
The New Age of Wheat Research Summary to follow.
Learning Objectives
Presenter Aaron W. Harries
Presentation Time Monday, February 25, 2019 1:30 pm - 2:05 pm
Session Breakout 3
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AaronHarriesV.P.ofResearchandOperations
KansasWheat
• TheComplexityofWheat• FactorsthatAffectWheatQuality• TheBirdsandBeesofWheat• NewWheatResearchTools• ImaginethePossibilities• Questions
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• Establishedin1957whentheKansasLegislatureapprovedtheKansasWheatAct.
• KWCisafarmerfundedentity.Fundingcomesfroma2centsperbushelassessmentatthefirstpointofsaleforallwheatsoldinKansas.
• Statutorymissionofeducation,researchandpromotion.• PromotesKansaswheatthroughdirectproducerinvestmentin:
– Plantbreeding:toimprovewheatvarietalsyield,millingandbakingquality
– Increasingdomesticconsumptionofwheat-basedfoodsthrougheducatingconsumersaboutthehealthbenefitsofeatingmoregrain-basedfoods
– ImprovinginternationalutilizationofKansasproducedwheatthroughfarmer-fundedmarketdevelopmentofficesworldwide.
• Wheat–AnAncientGrain• Cultivatedfor10,000years
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• Sizematters!• Thebreadwheatgenomeis thanthehumangenome.
• Thehumangenomehas3billionDNAletter.Breadwheathas
• Hexaploid=6setsof7chromosomes• Onechromosomeislargerthantheentiresoybeangenome.
• Genetics• Agronomics• Weather!• Inverserelationshipbetweenproteinandyield.
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• Wehavethemap!
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• Manycropssharethesamesetofgenes.• Informationgainedfromothercropscanbeusedtoselecttargetsforediting.
• Geneeditingtechnologiesnowcanbeusedtochangegenesequencesthataffectagronomictraits.
• Non-transgenic
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• Higheryield+betterquality• Enhancedflavorprofiles=sweeterwheat• Lowglycemicindex/highresistantstarch• Celiac-safewheat??• Droughttolerance• Diseasetolerance• Higherphotosynthesisefficiency
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• Researchfundinghasplateauedascropacresandsizecontinuetodecline.
• Decreaseinpublicfundingfromfederalandstatesourcescausesmorerelianceonprivateinvestment.
• Inflation• Kansaswheatfarmerssteppedforwardinabigwaywiththeconstructionofthe$15millionKansasWheatInnovationCenterinManhattan.
