The project serves to promote experimental plant breeding work. As part of this project, a sensor for measuring the stability trait of cereal stalks is to be developed in order to derive recommendations for further breeding for this trait. This trait plays an important role with regard to climate change and humus formation (keyword CO2 storage in soil).

The project is divided into the following components:

(1) Development of a first prototype sensor for the characteristic of semi-elasticity,

(2) Testing the sensor on the test stand in the laboratory and improving the sensor until it is suitable for use in the field,

(3) Installation of the sensor in the BreedVision platform,

(4) Acquisition of measurement data in multi-site field trials with 200 triticale varieties,

(5) Evaluation of the measurement data and phenotypic characterization of the 200 triticale varieties,

(6) Investigation of the genetic basis of the trait stalk elasticity and derivation of recommendations for further breeding for this trait.