THIS PROJECT WILL MEASURE SEVERAL PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS THAT INFLUENCE THE YIELD OF COMMON BEANS UNDER DROUGHT. WE WILL USE A COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL DIRECT MEASUREMENTS AND OPTICAL (REMOTE SENSING) METHODS TO ENABLE MEASUREMENT OF AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF VARIETIES (320). THIS WORK WILL DISCOVER GENETIC MARKERS FOR TRAITS THAT IMPROVE YIELD IN DROUGHT, WHICH BREEDERS CAN THEN USE TO PRODUCE NEW VARIETIES TO SUSTAIN BEAN YIELDS WITH LESS WATER.
$475,000FY2020National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA
University Of California, Davis