Centre for Global Eco-innovation , Improving global stewardship, Plant and Crop Science
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The Wolfson Centre for Photosynthetic Diversity
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2028
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ENGBIO21: Plant microcompartment engineering for green production
15/02/2023 → 14/02/2024
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Newton Impact Scheme: Evaluating the impact of climate resilient cereal varieties on farmer livelihoods and community nutrition in Peru.
28/02/2021 → 31/03/2022
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FLF: Enhancing crops with C2 photosynthesis
01/02/2021 → 31/01/2025
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Tomatoes for Tomorrow Network: maintaining a living laboratory in Mexico for the future of the cultivar under climate change
31/12/2020 → 30/12/2022
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PhotoBoost
01/09/2020 → 28/02/2026
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Argentina - UK Partnership to Improve Wheat Grain Quality
31/07/2020 → 31/12/2024
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Mesophyll airspace requirements for engineering C2 and C4 photosynthesis into C3 crops
01/02/2020 → 31/08/2022
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Can we reduce food waste in the supply chain from farm to fork?
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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Can we reduce the use of single use plastics in food production?
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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High throughput technologies for the efficient downstream processing of Recombinant proteins for production of low-cost rapid diagnostic kits
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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High throughput technologies for the efficient downstream processing of Recombinant proteins for production of low-cost rapid diagnostic kits
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2023
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Impacts of seed priming on seed dormancy in temperate region tree species
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2020
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Phytochrome Coordination of Genomes: Novel Mechanisms for Environmental Control of Photosynthesis
01/09/2019 → 31/05/2023
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Two Internships Supporting the PURELIGHT Innovate UK Project
01/06/2019 → 31/12/2025
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Bean Breeding for Adaptation to a Changing Climate and Post-Conflict Colombia
01/04/2019 → 30/09/2021
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Field-based phytohormone phenotyping to select climate resilient cereal varieties
15/02/2019 → 14/02/2020
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What are the productivity advantages of C2 photosynthesis?
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
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GCRF Global IAA Institutional Award:RECIRCULATE impact event
01/12/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Entangled - light and circadian clock interconnect to regulate long non-coding RNA involved in critical plant processes
05/11/2018 → 31/12/2022
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N8: Exploring DNA-Nanoparticle Conjugates for Convenient Point-of-Use Detection of Plant Fungal Pathogens
05/11/2018 → 04/11/2019
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Preparatory action to Boost Global Crop Yield for Food & Nutrition Security and fueling a Bioeconomy
01/11/2018 → 30/04/2022
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Assessing the Potential for C2 Photosynthesis to Boost Crop Productivity
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2021
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Assessing the long-term impacts of plant activator compounds on disease resistance and crop productivity
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2022
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Maternal priming of seeds for enhanced pest and disease resistance
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2022
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Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
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IWYP - Induction: Faster Adjustment of Photosynthesis to shade-sun transitions in the field to improve wheat yields
15/05/2018 → 14/05/2022
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IWYP Call 2: Manipulating Stomatal Blue Light response in wheat to improve productivity
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2022
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Physiological characterization of heat-tolerant bean genotypes in simulated future environments to enhance post-conflict regional development
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grant 2018
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Plant protection products from tomato waste
19/02/2018 → 18/08/2018
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Complementary laboratory and field phenotyping to extend the future agro-climatic range of soybean
29/01/2018 → 31/01/2020
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Novel approaches for mitigating the impacts of Japanese knotweed
01/10/2017 → 30/09/2020
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RECIRCULATE : GCRF: Driving eco-innovation in Africa:capacity-building for a safe circular water economy
01/10/2017 → 31/12/2021
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RECIRCULATE : GCRF: Driving eco-innovation in Africa:capacity-building for a safe circular water economy
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2022
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Optimization of phytonutrient and vitamin content of salad leaves grown in an Intensive, multi-level hydroponics system using LED lighting
30/09/2017 → 30/09/2020
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Realising Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE2)
01/09/2017 → 31/03/2023
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Crop abiotic stress modulators
01/06/2017 → 31/05/2020
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N8 : Delaying Turnover of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate cardoxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) as a novel mechanism to enhance wheat yeilds.
01/05/2017 → 31/10/2018
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Bilateral NSF/BIO-BBSRC Synthesis of Microcompartments in plants for enhanced carbon fixation
01/12/2016 → 30/09/2021
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15-IWYP Wider and faster: high-throughout phenotypic exploration of novel genetic variation for breeding high biomass and yield in wheat
01/03/2016 → 30/09/2019
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15-IWYP Using Next Generation Genetic Approaches to Exploit Pheotypic Variation in Photosynthetic Efficiency to Increase Wheat Yield
01/02/2016 → 30/09/2019
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15-IWYP Realising increased photosynthetic efficiency to increase Wheat Yields
01/01/2016 → 30/09/2019
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Exploiting a Cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating Mechanism to increase Photosynthesis and Yield
01/01/2016 → 30/06/2019
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Understanding the environmental contexts for the commercialisation of a novel microbial pesticide
01/11/2015 → 30/04/2016
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Reducing pesticide inputs and improving crop production under environmental stress by using seed treatments to prime plant defences.
01/10/2015 → 30/09/2019
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Sensor-Based Pre-Symptomatic Detection of Pests and Pathogens for Precision Scheduling of Crop Protection Products
01/10/2015 → 28/02/2019
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Combining field phenotyping and next generation genetics to uncover markers, genes and biology underlying drought tolerance in wheat
16/09/2015 → …
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Realizing increased photosynthetic Efficiency for sustainable increases in Crop Yield
01/09/2015 → 31/10/2017
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Optimising Rubisco activation to improve photosynthesis in wheat
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
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The Microphenotron: Developing an Automated Microphenotyping Platform to Unlock the Potential of Chemical Biology in Plants
01/10/2014 → 30/03/2016
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Transgenerational immune priming in plants
01/09/2014 → 31/12/2017
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Field Evaluation of Rhizobacterial Inoculants for Enhancing Lettuce Production
01/08/2013 → 31/03/2014
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Priming of Indirect Defence in Plants
17/06/2013 → 16/03/2014
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RCUK-SUP: Inspiring the Next Generation of Researchers
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2016
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FP7: WATBIO Development of improved perennial non food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stress
01/11/2012 → 31/10/2017
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Sub Project 2.3: Improving Spike Fertility and Plant Development by Modifying Its Sensitivity to Environmental Cues
01/11/2012 → 31/10/2013
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Intensifying Cut Salad Production With A Novel Vertical Growing System (TSB)
01/04/2012 → 30/09/2012
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FP7: ROOTOPOWER: Empowering root targeted strategies to minimize abiotic stress impacts on horticultural crops
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2015
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CASE: On line detection and diagnosis of plant damage and stress by herbivores and pathogens
01/10/2011 → …
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CASE: Understanding pesticide photdegraduation and persistance in protected crop environments
01/10/2011 → …
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Detection and amelioration of rootzone ethylene production in protected crops
01/10/2011 → 31/12/2014
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ICA:Cement Kiln Dust
01/10/2010 → 30/06/2014
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Increasing crop yield and resource use efficiency via root-zone CO2 enrichment
01/01/1900 → …
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We work from the molecular to the crop scale with researchers and end-users of research, in both the natural (e.g. plant and soil ecology) and social sciences. Our particular strength is applying our research to provide solutions to real-world problems, particularly in relation to Agri-Food Challenges.
Plant responses to water availability ranging from stomatal physiology to long distance phytohormonal signalling, in aiming to improve "crop per drop". Molecular and whole-plant responses to ozone. Plant nutrient acquisition including regulation of root architecture and spectroscopic monitoring of plant health. Field phenotyping and next-generation genetics to uncover markers, genes and the biology underlying yield and stress tolerance.
Novel, non-invasive methods for diagnosis. Manipulating herbivore-natural enemy interactions for biological control. Exploiting plant-induced resistance by understanding plant “stress memories” and developing seed priming techniques. Plant volatile organic compounds as signalling molecules. Biopesticide production.
Increased efficiency of photosynthesis by improving the biochemistry of C assimilation. Biotechnological approaches to introduce C-concentrating mechanisms from photosynthetic micro-organisms into crop plants. Mechanisms of visible and ultraviolet light sensing and signalling. Interactions between light and temperature signalling. Light spectral manipulation to enhance crop production.
Nutrient capture and cycling (especially C, N and P). Biodiversity and ecosystem service provision in agricultural settings. Remote sensing of above- and below-ground plant function.
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