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Evaluation of allergic components in wheat genotypes with real time PCR and identification of allelic diversity and effects on the response to pathogens

Project

Food and consumer protection

This project contributes to the research aim 'Food and consumer protection'. Which funding institutions are active for this aim? What are the sub-aims? Take a look:
Food and consumer protection


Project code: JKI-RS-08-2378
Contract period: 01.08.2007 - 31.07.2009
Purpose of research: Applied research

Allergies are frequently caused by plant derived food. This research project aims at reducing allergic components in plants by breeding and biotechnological methods. Allergens are in general proteins and are present in many commercially important crop plants. By sequence analyses it is possible to divide these proteins into a few supergene families. However, for breeding purposes it is meaningful to classify plant allergens via function. Based on this functional classification breeders can decide if a reduction of specific allergens will cause yield losses or reduce quality. Type I allergies to wheat flour, like baker's asthma and other allergies to wheat proteins are mainly caused by alpha amylase inhibitors. This project point out a strategy for the reduction of the allergic potential caused by the wheat alpha amylase inhibitors by breeding. To achieve this aim, the allelic diversity and expression level in different wheat genotypes will be determined followed by immunological investigations and the development of molecular markers.

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Framework programme

BMEL Frameworkprogramme 2008

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