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:ProtYield
PROJECT TITLE:PROTEIN CONTENT Vs YIELD IN
LEGUMES : RELEASING THE CONSTRAINT
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Sustainable Protein Production
• The Technology Strategy Board, in partnership with Defra & BBSRC, launched a collaborative R&D competition with up to £15 million available to invest in projects focusing on the challenge of sustainable protein production.
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Sustainable Protein Production
• Increasing domestic supply of sustainably produced vegetable protein for farmed animals (including land and marine based aquaculture)
• As global demand for animal products increases, demand for vegetable proteins as animal feedstock also rises. The UK faces a shortfall in domestic vegetable protein production capability, which needs to be challenged.
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ProtYield Project Structure
• Total project cost around £950,000• Co-funded by the Technology Strategy
Board, in partnership with Defra and BBSRC
• Funding equally matched by industry partners
• Project duration 48 months
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ProtYield - Project Partners
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What does the project aim to achieve?
• Identify fast neutron-mutagenised pea lines with improved protein digestibility and yield
• Analyse current variation for yield and protein in commercial pea cultivars and understand the genetics of these traits
• Establish a fast neutron-mutagenised population in faba bean (Vicia faba) to broaden genetic variation within this crop
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ProtYield aims to
• Improve the relationship between protein content and yield in pulses
• Identify genes underlying protein and yield
• Increase the utilisation of pulses in animal feed through targeted plant breeding