OPTICHINA. Breeding to Optimise Chinese Agriculture

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2 OPTICHINA Breeding to Optimise Chinese Agriculture

3 OPTICHINA THEME [KBBE ] [EU-China Partnership initiative in plant breeding Call: FP7-KBBE ] Coordination and support action

4 World cereal production Total Maize Wheat (million tonnes) Rice (FAO, 2008)

5 Future scenario: Climate change Dry periods Annual rainfall Global decrease in cereal production is predicted (IPCC, 2008) Adapted from Parry et al. 2004

6 Feed, Food and Fuel (FFF) Other factors may also threaten food security: World population growth Global meat consumption BIOFUEL production Up to 9.3 billion in 2050 Edgerton 2009; OECD-FAO 2008; FAPRI 2008; NATO 2002

7 Matching the expected global demand for cereals for the next decades is going to be one of the major challenges for breeders, agronomists and farmers Demand Supply

8 Rationale OPTICHINA will focus specifically on research requirements to breeding for improved adaptation to abiotic stresses and sustainability of wheat and maize, two of the major herbaceous crops in both China and Europe. This require an integrative approach linking diverse disciplines and scales. This Co-ordination Action will integrate Chinese and European Scientists in different areas around crop breeding for adaptation to major abiotic stresses and higher yield potential.

9 The aims of OPTICHINA To support networks of European - Chinese agricultural scientists. To build links between research scientists working in molecular, genetic, bioinformatics and physiological, environmental research and the end users of their science. To ensure adoption of existing knowledge and technology and the implementation of best practices. To build up research topic propositions for the 7 th and future FP s.

10 OPTICHINA will coordinate with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) to raise beneficial synergies from this collaboration. To that end CAAS will deploy a substantial amount of own resources to increase the impact of the project

11 The work plan includes 8 Workpackages: 1. Management 2. Website 3. Inventory of resources 4. Workshops 5. Advanced Courses 6. Training Fellowships 7. Scientific and technical publications 8. International Conference

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13 WorkPackage 1.- Management and Coordination 2.- Website 3.- Inventory of resources 4.- Workshops 5.- Advanced Courses 6.- Training Fellowships 7.- Publications 8.- International Conference OPTICHINA Year 1 Year 2 Year Intensity of filling relates to intensity of activities programmed in each WP

14 WP2: OPTICHINA website Programme of Workshops Workshops Abstracts Programme of the International Conference Conference Abstracts Reports and electronic versions of the Scientific Publications Programs of the advanced training courses Available technology platforms Available germplasm Available datasets Available expertise Techniques, tools and strategies Networking and Partnering www links.

15 WP3: Inventory of resources Creation of an inventory of technology platforms, germplasm, data sets, techniques tools and strategies for all parties interested in Breeding to optimise adaptation to abiotic stresses and yield potential in Chinese agriculture.

16 WP4: Workshops OPTICHINA aims to organize two workshops: Workshop 1: Technology Platforms and Germplasm Profiling (Beijing) Workshop 2: Phenotypic Profiling, Technology Transfer and Participatory Breeding (Barcelona)

17 WP5: Advanced Courses OPTICHINA will organize four advanced courses on the following main topics: Molecular technology Platforms Phenotyping Germplasm profiling Bioinformatics.

18 WP6: Training Fellowships To increase technical capabilities and knowledge in Breeding for yield potential and improved adaptation to abiotic stresses in Chinese agriculture, OPTIMISE will provide 25 fellowships and another 25 fellowships will be covered directly by CAAS own funding sources.

19 WP7: Scientific and Technical Publications The objective is to provide visibility to OPTICHINA at scientific level while reaching too politicians, decision Makers and heads of SME. Special issues of Annals Applied Biology, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, and the online Agriculture Production Journal will be devoted to publish Review Articles produced in this project. In addition at least two technical reports addressed to Politicians, Decision Makers, Heads of SMEs will be produced

20 WP8: International Conference An International Conference on Speeding Plant Breeding in Chinese Agriculture through Europe/China partnership will be organized in China at the end of the OPTICHINA project.

21 Partnership

22 Number Name Short name Type Country 1 UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA UB Public Higher Education establishment 2 ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH LIMITED Members of OPTICHINA RR Non profit research organisations 3 MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE MPG Non profit research organisations 4 JOHN INNES CENTRE JIC Non profit research organisations Spain United Kingdom Germany United Kingdom 5 UNIVERSITAT DE LLEIDA UdL Public University Spain 6 CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES CAAS Public research organisation China (People s Republic of) 7 CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY CAU Public Higher education establishment China (People s Republic of) Number Name Short name Type Country 1 NORTHWEST A & F UNIVERSITY NA&FU Public Higher Education establishment China (People s Republic of) 2 YUNNAN ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES YAAS Non profit research organisation China (People s Republic of) 3 HENAN TIANMIN SEED CO., LTD HTSC Private Seed Company China (People s Republic of)

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25 Steering committee: Prof. Jose Luis Araus (Crop Ecophysiology, Phenotyping), Department of Plant Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Prof. Martin Parry, (Molecular Plant physiology and Biochemistry), Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom Prof. Alisdair Fernie (Metabolomics), Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany Prof. Simon Griffiths (Genetics, Molecular Breeding), Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom Prof. Gustavo A. Slafer (Crop Ecophysiology, Crop Physiology Modelling), Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Spain

26 Steering committee: Prof. Lanqin Xia (Molecular Plant Physiology and Biochemistry), The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Prof. Jiangkang Wang (Biometrics, Molecular Breeding, Modelling), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Prof. Guoying Wang (GMOs, Functional Genomics), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing China Prof. Xifeng Gong (Deputy Director General of the Department of International Cooperation), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Prof. Shumin Wang (Deputy Director General of the Institute of Crop Sciences), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

27 Steering committee: Prof. Jianbing Yan (Molecular Breeding, Genomics), National Maize improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University. Haidian, Beijing, China. Prof. Jiansheng Li, (Breeding, Phenotyping). National Maize improvement Center of China, China Agricultural University. Haidian, Beijing, China. Prof. Hu Yin-Gang (Crop Genetics and Breeding). College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Prof. Fan Xingming (Breeding, Biometrics). Director General Institute of Food Crops Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China. Mr. Tianmin Shen (Commercial Breeding, Seed Company President), Henan Tianmin Seed Co., Ltd. Lankao County, , Henan, China.

28 CAAS fully committed and will contribute with an equivalent amount!

29 Thanks for your attention and specially to CAAS for its support

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