Roots in policy: How to encourage breeding for root-related traits and more resilient crops (original) (raw)

George, Tim; Cohan, Jean-Pierre; Kemper, Laura and White, Charlotte (2024) Roots in policy: How to encourage breeding for root-related traits and more resilient crops. Policy Brief. Root2Resilience .

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Summary in the original language of the document

Key messages:
- Roots are important for climate resilience.
- Novel crop cultivars are needed that are more resilient to environmental stress, through improved root traits and interactions with the soil.
- These cultivars will be critical to support the EU Green Deal goals and the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies.
- Breeding for root-related traits should be incentivised through initiatives to promote the use of resilient crops with better root systems.

EPrint Type: Report
Keywords: breeding, rhizosphere, breeding methods, Abacus, FiBL10195, Root2Res
Agrovoc keywords: LanguageValueURIEnglishbreedinghttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_49902Englishroot zone -> rhizospherehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_6569Englishbreeding methodshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1079
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation
Research affiliation: European Union > Horizon Europe > Roots2Res Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Cereals Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Seeds and breeding > Plant breeding Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Legumes Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability > Microbiom Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Arable crops > Root crop France > ARVALIS - Institut du végétal UK > ADAS UK > Other organizations United Kingdom
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: 101060124
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11189796
Related Links: https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2149, https://root2res.eu/
Deposited By: Kemper, Laura
ID Code: 55468
Deposited On: 10 Apr 2025 07:22
Last Modified: 10 Apr 2025 07:22
Document Language: English
Status: Published
Refereed: Not peer-reviewed

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