About the project

The Climate-Proof Barley project addresses the challenge of the dual drought/heat combinatorial stress through a multi-scale approach divided into secondary objectives:

We aim to (a) test the barley germplasm to identify cultivars that display contrasting responses to drought, heat, and their combination under controlled environments and dissect the underlying physiological and morphological traits that contribute to adaptive resilience under dual stress.

And (b) test candidate genes and tissue-specific mechanisms—particularly contrasting roles of roots and shoots—using grafting experiments and targeted genome editing (CRISPR).

Participants

NMBU participants

External participants

Constantin Jansen - Graminor