WP Leader: Sébastien Faure (BGA)
Partners involved: Biogemma, INRA-IGEPP and Syngenta Seeds

Objectives
WP1 objectives are to provide high throughput sequencing and genotyping tools to perform efficient genetic studies in RAPSODYN and to support OSR breeding programs regarding NUE and yield. Re-sequencing of B. napus lines will boost marker discovery at the whole genome scale and sequencing of trait-associated regions will be the basis for candidate gene identification. In addition, all the genetic resources used in RAPSODYN will be genotyped in WP1 using ad hoc tools.
WP1 will:
1- Identify genome wide SNPs through the re-sequencing of the NAM founder B. napus line.
2- Identify trait-associated SNPs through the sequencing of targeted QTLs/loci and use of these markers to characterize new genetic diversity.
3- Provide genotyping data for all the genetic resources used in RAPSODYN at the right marker density and at the right timing.
4- Design diagnostic markers to improve monitoring of the most interesting alleles controlling yield variation under N constraints in plant material devoted to research purposes or breeding programs.