Development and demonstration of high-performance rice breeding support pipeline for semiarid area

Principal Investigator (Affiliation)	Project Prof. NINOMIYA Seishi Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Co-investigator	Associate Prof. IWATA Hiroyoshi Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Research Participant	Project Prof. HIRAFUJI Masayuki Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Prof. FUJIWARA Toru Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Associate Prof. KAMIYA Takehiro Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Assistant Prof. GUO Wei Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
International Coordinator	Project Prof. NINOMIYA Seishi Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Research Institutions in Japan	Graduate School of The University of Tokyo
Cooperating Organization in Japan
Partner Country	Republic of India
Research Institutions in India	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad /Indian Institute of Technology Bombay / PJ Telangana State Agricultural University
Cooperating organization in India
Support Organization
General Description of the Research Project	The purpose of this research is to develop and validate high-performance breeding system for a staple food, rice in order to achieve stable and increased productivity even in semi-arid areas of India, where water supply is becoming increasingly unstable due to climate change. This study consists of the following tasks; 1. Design and implementation of elemental technologies for high performance rice breeding support system We will design, implement, and manualize a technology package to improve the efficiency of water-saving rice breeding by integrating technologies for high-throughput phenotyping (rapid, accurate, and nondestructive monitoring of crop conditions), prediction models of crop performance based on genetic and environmental information, easy collection of field environmental information, and an integrated breeding data platform. 2. Test operation and evaluation of the integrated high-performance rice breeding support system We will evaluate the effectiveness of the system by using actual data for efficient selection of water-saving rice genetic resources, design of breeding parents, reduction of breeding costs, and ease of use in India. This initiative will contribute to the SDGs, with a focus on stable food production in developing countries as well as Japan.
Links	Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science / Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo