PEACE (Pea Climate-Efficient): Developing climate-resilient, low carbon footprint field pea as a preferred rotation crop through inter-disciplinary integration of genomic technologies

To harness the genetic diversity in field peas by using genomics to identify genetic signatures associated with climate resilience.

To validate candidate genes by functional genomics and gene editing to develop pea cultivars with novel traits such as improved yield, quality, drought tolerance and root rot resistance.

To use a genomics approach to screen diverse germplasm for root rot resistance and drought tolerance traits, and estimate the degree of GHG mitigation achieved by the adoption of enhanced pea cultivars in crop rotation.

To integrate GE3LS on the societal and market implications of the genomic aspects of pea adoption.

To implement adaptive breeding through the genomic selection and introgression of climate-resilient traits into elite cultivars.