Working with nature to improve crops
Making plants more efficient
CAPITALISE is an EU funded Horizon 2020 project. We are combining science and innovation to improve photosynthesis for higher yielding crops.
The problem
Our approach
Our solutions
Our impact
Our objectives
What do we want to achieve?
We aim to exploit natural variation in core elements of photosynthesis to identify and develop new genetic resources and support tools.
These outcomes will then be used to improve the photosynthesis of core crop plants to increase yields. Our approach will form the basis for a science and innovation roadmap to kick start a targeted plant breeding programme for Europe 2030.
What we do
The CAPITALISE project
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The latest news
Phenotyping the Magic Maize Population
Take the time to appreciate all the hard work that is goes in to improving crops. Johannes Kromdijk’s group at Cambridge University show how they carry out their extensive phenotyping for photosynthetic traits in the MAGIC Maize population in this video. Video...
Photosynthesis as a tool in global change research.
W. Thomas, SBR, CNRS-Sorbonne Université Understanding the effects of global warming, harvesting and land-use changes for local carbon fluxes is crucial for managing global emission scenarios. The flows of carbon between different organisms, their metabolic fluxes...
Consortium Meeting and project review in Cambridge September 18th
The latest CAPITALISE consortium meeting was held in Cambridge in mid-September. The 19 Partners organisations presented their progress, which stimulated much discussion and future planning. It was great to see the collaboration between the consortium members...