The overall goal of Root2Res is to increase the resilience of rotational crops to climate change impacts. The project will focus on established crops such as barley, wheat, potatoes, faba beans, peas as well as emerging crops like sweet potatos and lentils. The aim is to develop innovative tools to characterize root traits associated with increased tolerance against abiotic stress (water deficit or excess, nutrition deficiency) and carbon storage in soils. This will be achieved by:
In Root2Res, 22 project partners from Europe and Africa form an international research team. All in all, Root2Res will generate understanding on the genetic control of the root and rhizosphere traits in rotational crops that are associated with adaptation to climate change.
Project Partner and Work Package co-lead (WP7)