Lolium and Trifolium genetics, genomics and germplasm development
Lead Research Organisation:
Aberystwyth University
Department Name: IBERS
Abstract
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Technical Summary
Elucidating the genetic architecture of quantitative traits is of particular significance for perennial forages such as the ryegrasses and clovers; targets include biomass yield, flowering time, and quality traits such as water soluble carbohydrates, digestibility and protein content, abiotic and biotic stress tolerances and nutrient use efficiencies. The increasing potential of ryegrass as a source of renewable bioenergy emphasizes the importance of being able to manipulate genomes to enhance targeted traits. We are using a range of experimental genetic populations in ryegrasses and clovers (bi-parental mapping, nested association mapping, genomic selection) to both identify markers associated with key traits which can be deployed in traditional breeding programmes and to develop marker-driven breeding protocols to enhance the efficiency of the crop improvement process. This work is done in close collaboration with commercial plant breeders in order to ensure direct relevance. Additionally, we are seeking to generate and identify new sources of variation by manipulating genetic recombination frequencies and incompatibility systems and by exploring the range of ecotypic variation that exists in IBERS germplasm collections.
Planned Impact
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Publications
Ravagnani A
(2012)
Development of Genomic Resources in the Species of Trifolium L. and Its Application in Forage Legume Breeding
in Agronomy
Collins RP
(2012)
Temporal changes in population genetic diversity and structure in red and white clover grown in three contrasting environments in northern Europe.
in Annals of botany
Hegarty M
(2013)
Genotyping by RAD sequencing enables mapping of fatty acid composition traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne (L.)).
in Plant biotechnology journal
Gallagher J
(2014)
Genetic Differentiation in Response to Selection for Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Content in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
in BioEnergy Research
Thorogood D
(2014)
Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf
Zheng T
(2014)
CDKG1 protein kinase is essential for synapsis and male meiosis at high ambient temperature in Arabidopsis thaliana.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Canunayon M
(2014)
Quantitative Traits Breeding for Multifunctional Grasslands and Turf
MartÃn AC
(2014)
Licensing MLH1 sites for crossover during meiosis.
in Nature communications
Kole C
(2015)
Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects.
in Frontiers in plant science
Blackmore T
(2015)
Genetic-geographic correlation revealed across a broad European ecotypic sample of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) using array-based SNP genotyping.
in TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik
Phillips D
(2015)
The effect of temperature on the male and female recombination landscape of barley.
in The New phytologist
Canunayon Meraluna
(2015)
Identification of QTL for leaf senescence related traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
De Vega JJ
(2015)
Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) draft genome provides a platform for trait improvement.
in Scientific reports
Boeckx T
(2015)
Polyphenol oxidase-mediated protection against oxidative stress is not associated with enhanced photosynthetic efficiency.
in Annals of botany
Colas I
(2016)
A spontaneous mutation in MutL-Homolog 3 (HvMLH3) affects synapsis and crossover resolution in the barley desynaptic mutant des10.
in The New phytologist
Mora-Ortiz M
(2016)
De-novo transcriptome assembly for gene identification, analysis, annotation, and molecular marker discovery in Onobrychis viciifolia.
in BMC genomics
Mayorga OL
(2016)
Temporal Metagenomic and Metabolomic Characterization of Fresh Perennial Ryegrass Degradation by Rumen Bacteria.
in Frontiers in microbiology
Manzanares C
(2016)
A Gene Encoding a DUF247 Domain Protein Cosegregates with the S Self-Incompatibility Locus in Perennial Ryegrass.
in Molecular biology and evolution
Blackmore T
(2016)
Germplasm dynamics: the role of ecotypic diversity in shaping the patterns of genetic variation in Lolium perenne.
in Scientific reports
Kempf K
(2016)
Characterization of novel SSR markers in diverse sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) germplasm.
in BMC genetics
Marshall AH
(2016)
A new emphasis on root traits for perennial grass and legume varieties with environmental and ecological benefits.
in Food and energy security
Grinberg NF
(2016)
Implementation of Genomic Prediction in Lolium perenne (L.) Breeding Populations.
in Frontiers in plant science
Skøt L
(2017)
Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences
Hickey JM
(2017)
Genomic prediction unifies animal and plant breeding programs to form platforms for biological discovery.
in Nature genetics
Thorogood D
(2017)
A Novel Multivariate Approach to Phenotyping and Association Mapping of Multi-Locus Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility Reveals S, Z, and Other Loci in a Perennial Ryegrass (Poaceae) Population.
in Frontiers in plant science
Bisaga M
(2017)
Deep Sequencing of Suppression Subtractive Hybridisation Drought and Recovery Libraries of the Non-model Crop Trifolium repens L.
in Frontiers in plant science
Bisaga M
(2017)
Deep Sequencing of Suppression Subtractive Hybridisation Drought and Recovery Libraries of the Non-model Crop Trifolium repens L.
in Frontiers in plant science
Morris P
(2017)
Expression of a fungal ferulic acid esterase in suspension cultures of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) decreases cell wall feruloylation and increases rates of cell wall digestion.
in Plant cell, tissue and organ culture
Humphreys MW
(2018)
Root imaging showing comparisons in root distribution and ontogeny in novel Festulolium populations and closely related perennial ryegrass varieties.
in Food and energy security
Loka D
(2018)
Impacts of abiotic stresses on the physiology and metabolism of cool-season grasses: A review
in Food and Energy Security
Ougham H
(2018)
Annual Plant Reviews online
Hetherington, K.
(2018)
Genotype and environmental variance for white clover yield in a commercial breeding programme
Harper J
(2018)
B chromosomes are associated with redistribution of genetic recombination towards lower recombination chromosomal regions in perennial ryegrass.
in Journal of experimental botany
Loka D
(2018)
Impacts of abiotic stresses on the physiology and metabolism of cool-season grasses: A review
in Food and Energy Security
Blanco-Pastor J
(2019)
Pleistocene climate changes, and not agricultural spread, accounts for range expansion and admixture in the dominant grassland species Lolium perenne L.
in Journal of Biogeography
Jones C
(2020)
Population structure and genetic diversity in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) germplasm.
in Scientific reports
| Description | The identification of self-incompatibility (SI) candidate genes has allowed for the development of tightly linked markers which are being deployed in the current ryegrass breeding populations to indicate possible compatibility barriers within elite breeding lines. Analysis of data collected from IBERS Infinium genotyping array indicates that self-incompatibility (SI) is the likely driver of the 'excess' of heterozygous genotype classes observed in the IBERS commercial 'intermediate flowering date' ryegrass breeding population. Genomic selection work on the perennial ryegrass intermediate population has led to generation of Phase I field trials of the first potential varieties derived from genomically estimated breeding values. Genome-wide association studies have identified genomic regions under selection for abiotic stress and 'breeding value'. We have used SSRs and SNPs derived from T. pratense transcriptomics to further selections for Sclerotinia resistance and the goal of combining disease resistances to crown rust and stem nematodes in the same agronomically useful red clover lines has been furthered by the production of polycross/F2 populations guided by molecular marker analysis. SNPs from Lolium perenne transcriptomes have been incorporated into an Infinium array (c. 3800 markers). We have generated genotype data for furthering genomic selection, determining self-incompatibility (SI) sub-groups and genetic mapping. Genome-wide SNP assays indicate 4 regions are associated with SI: two coincide with known SI loci. We are investigating two additional regions for association with the unilateral-incompatibility identified in the ryegrass breeding populations. We have identified the first quantitative trait loci for fatty acid content segregating in perennial ryegrass. This indicates opportunities for improvement of quality traits through the manipulation of lipid profiles Genome-wide SNP assays indicate 4 regions are associated with SI: two coincide with known SI loci. We are investigating two additional regions for association with the unilateral-incompatibility identified in the ryegrass breeding populations. Transcriptomes of T. repens and hybrids have generated c. 15k potential SNPs. A subset will be deployed in T. repens genetic mapping. |
| Exploitation Route | Our research outcomes and genotyping platforms will have relevance in the forage grass and legume breeding sector |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink |
| Description | The work on self-incompatibility in ryegrasses has led on to a collaboration with commercial involvement on developing hybrid ryegrass varieties. Active discussions are taking place with Germinal (commercial ryegrass breeding partner) for developing true-breeding festulolium varieties. This could address a key problem associated with the genomic stability of festulolium varieties. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Description | 15AGRITECHCAT4 Application of innovative plant breeding and phenotyping to reduce the nutrient requirement of forages |
| Amount | £532,127 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 55743-402220 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | AberForward graduate placement |
| Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | Aberystwyth University PhD programmes |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | BBSRC Core Strategic Programme in Resilient Crops: Grasslands Gogerddan |
| Amount | £4,178,580 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BBS/E/W/0012843D |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | BBSRC Embrapa |
| Amount | £46,624 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/N004469/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | British Council Newton Fund PhD placement |
| Amount | £12,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | Deutsche Saatveredelung AG |
| Amount | £150,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Deutsche Saatveredelung AG |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | Fellowship of the President of the Russian Federation |
| Amount | £1,330 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Ministry for Education and Science of the Russian Federation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | IBERS PhD studentship |
| Amount | £54,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Wales |
| Department | Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2015 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | IBERS PhD studentship |
| Amount | £54,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Wales |
| Department | Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | KESS II |
| Amount | £52,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Social Fund (Welsh Government/ EU) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Legume+ |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 04/2016 |
| Description | SMARTExpertise |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SMARTExpertise - 2017/COL/008 |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Sparking Impact |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2013 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | Sustainable Food Security - Resilient and resource-efficient value chains (H2020-SFS-2016-2017) |
| Amount | € 5,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | H2020-SFS-2016-2 727312 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Walsh Fellowship |
| Amount | € 145,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Irish Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Welsh European Funding Organisation |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2017/COL/008 |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Title | DNA sequence of red clover genome |
| Description | DNA sequence data from red clover |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The paper with the data has been accessed and viewed many times: •in the 98th percentile (ranked 2,876th) of the 177,703 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals •in the 97th percentile (ranked 59th) of the 2,199 tracked articles of a similar age in Scientific Reports The altimetric score is 107. The paper has been tweeted by 23 Blogged by 2 Picked up by 11 news outlets It has been viewed 1293 times (07/03/16) |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17232 |
| Title | Field trial dataset |
| Description | Field trialling of the 576 Lolium accessions was outsourced to ILVO (Belgium). One year of trial data for these accessions has currently been collected, enhancing our knowledge of natural accessions for use in pre-breeding of Lolium varieties. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This represents a significant collection of ecotypic field trial data for use in ongoing breeding programmes. The ILVO trial has also allowed their team to develop use of aerial drone technology for field phenotyping. |
| Description | Colombia and Kenya Partnering Award: Skills sharing for genomic approaches to forage improvement |
| Organisation | CGIAR |
| Department | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
| Country | Colombia |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Participation in workshop on genomic selection assisted breeding of tropical forage crops |
| Collaborator Contribution | Breeder participation and visit for training purposes |
| Impact | Visit of plant breeder from CIAT to TGAC in the summer of 2016. Forages for Africa programme also initiated with participation from IBERS. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Colombia and Kenya Partnering Award: Skills sharing for genomic approaches to forage improvement |
| Organisation | Earlham Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Participation in workshop on genomic selection assisted breeding of tropical forage crops |
| Collaborator Contribution | Breeder participation and visit for training purposes |
| Impact | Visit of plant breeder from CIAT to TGAC in the summer of 2016. Forages for Africa programme also initiated with participation from IBERS. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Colombia and Kenya Partnering Award: Skills sharing for genomic approaches to forage improvement |
| Organisation | International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Participation in workshop on genomic selection assisted breeding of tropical forage crops |
| Collaborator Contribution | Breeder participation and visit for training purposes |
| Impact | Visit of plant breeder from CIAT to TGAC in the summer of 2016. Forages for Africa programme also initiated with participation from IBERS. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Self-incompatibility in grasses Aberystwyth University, ETH Zurich, Teagasc |
| Organisation | ETH Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of materials, supervision of two PhD studentships, practical experimentation, writing research papers. An informal ongoing research collaboration since 2006 with Dr Susanne Barth (Teagasc) Professor Bruno Studer (ETH) is ongoing. Altogether this collaboration has resulted in two PhD theses, funding for an ongoing PhD project and four refereed papers including the latest that identifies the of the S-locus pollen component gene in perennial ryegrass. A paper is currently being prepared on the identification of the Z-locus genes. Current studies aim to validate the S and Z genes by genetic transformation. Based on information from GWAS results and the identification of a number of self-fertility modifier loci we are now seeking to identify genes involved in a putative downstream signal transduction pathway responsible for the rapid pollen incompatibility response observed at the surface of receptive stigmata. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of materials, supervision of two PhD studentships, practical experimentation, writing research papers. |
| Impact | Manzanares C, Barth S, Thorogood D, Byrne SL, Yates S, Czaban A, Asp T, Yang B, Studer B. (2016). A gene encoding a DUF247 domain protein co-segregates with the S self-incompatibility locus in perennial ryegrass. Mol Biol Evol. 2015 Dec 10. pii: msv335. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv335 Manzanares, Chloé (2013) Genetics of self-incompatibility in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham. Klaas M, Yang B, Bosch M, Thorogood D, Manzanares C, Armstead IP et al (2011). Progress towards elucidating the mechanisms of self-incompatibility in the grasses: further insights from studies in Lolium. Annals of Botany 108(4): 677-685. Yang B, Thorogood D, Armstead IP, Franklin FCH, Barth S (2009). Identification of genes expressed during the self-incompatibility response in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Plant Molecular Biology 70(6): 709-723. Yang, Bicheng (2009) Investigations of self-incompatibility (SI) in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham. Yang B, Thorogood D, Armstead I, Barth S (2008). How far are we from unravelling self-incompatibility in grasses? New Phytologist 178(4): 740-753. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Self-incompatibility in grasses Aberystwyth University, ETH Zurich, Teagasc |
| Organisation | Teagasc |
| Department | Teagasc Food Research Centre |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provision of materials, supervision of two PhD studentships, practical experimentation, writing research papers. An informal ongoing research collaboration since 2006 with Dr Susanne Barth (Teagasc) Professor Bruno Studer (ETH) is ongoing. Altogether this collaboration has resulted in two PhD theses, funding for an ongoing PhD project and four refereed papers including the latest that identifies the of the S-locus pollen component gene in perennial ryegrass. A paper is currently being prepared on the identification of the Z-locus genes. Current studies aim to validate the S and Z genes by genetic transformation. Based on information from GWAS results and the identification of a number of self-fertility modifier loci we are now seeking to identify genes involved in a putative downstream signal transduction pathway responsible for the rapid pollen incompatibility response observed at the surface of receptive stigmata. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of materials, supervision of two PhD studentships, practical experimentation, writing research papers. |
| Impact | Manzanares C, Barth S, Thorogood D, Byrne SL, Yates S, Czaban A, Asp T, Yang B, Studer B. (2016). A gene encoding a DUF247 domain protein co-segregates with the S self-incompatibility locus in perennial ryegrass. Mol Biol Evol. 2015 Dec 10. pii: msv335. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv335 Manzanares, Chloé (2013) Genetics of self-incompatibility in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham. Klaas M, Yang B, Bosch M, Thorogood D, Manzanares C, Armstead IP et al (2011). Progress towards elucidating the mechanisms of self-incompatibility in the grasses: further insights from studies in Lolium. Annals of Botany 108(4): 677-685. Yang B, Thorogood D, Armstead IP, Franklin FCH, Barth S (2009). Identification of genes expressed during the self-incompatibility response in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Plant Molecular Biology 70(6): 709-723. Yang, Bicheng (2009) Investigations of self-incompatibility (SI) in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham. Yang B, Thorogood D, Armstead I, Barth S (2008). How far are we from unravelling self-incompatibility in grasses? New Phytologist 178(4): 740-753. |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Description | Self-incompatibility in perennial ryegrass |
| Organisation | ETH Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | AU contribute expertise and genetic mapping populations that allow the fine-mapping of SI in Lolium |
| Collaborator Contribution | ETH have identified physical contigs overlapping the genomic SI region and candidate genes. |
| Impact | Manuscript in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | AEGIS Project Workshop - Establishment of the European Forage Collection - Hungary, T?pi?szele IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | AEGIS project workshop on the "Establishment of the European Forages Collection-Sweden, Alnarp IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | BBSRC Expert Panel for Germplasm Collections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advice to BBSRC on germplasm collection and maintenance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | BBSRC Germplasm Resource Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Report submitted to BBSRC - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Bioinformatics for Breeding |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participated as a teacher on the Bioinformatics for Breeding course held at the Earlham Institute, Norwich over three days in February 2017. About 30 researchers with an active interest in how to use bioinformatics in breeding-related research such as next generation sequence data for genetic mapping, GWAS and genomic selection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CGIAR Workshop on Implementing Genomic Selection in CGIAR Breeding Programs, Montpellier, France, 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to discuss and outline ways forward for implementing genomic selection in CGIARs diverse range of breeding programs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | David Lloyd gave a talk to farmers group from Mole Valley Farmers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | David Lloyd, IBERS legume breeder gave a talk to a farming group from Mole Valley farmers about IBERS clover breeding activities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | DivSeek Roundtable in San Diego as part of the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a roundtable to discuss and advance about the mission of DivSeek. It also include formal presentation by representative of each of the working groups. Overall aims and goals of the DivSeek organization can be found in: http://www.divseek.org |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.divseek.org/news/ |
| Description | EPA - first meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Initial meeting of a potential consortium for seeking funding through H2020 in the area of ryegrass phenomics. Target likely to be MSC ETN. none |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | H2020 Ghent meeting Oct 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Consortium established - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | International Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of plenary talk at the EUCARPIA Joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and EUCARPIAs Protein Crops Working Group, September 11-14, Vilnius, Lithuania. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eucarpia2017.lt/ |
| Description | Invited presentation at the Wales DNA Repair Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker the first Welsh DNA Repair conference, funded by Wales Cancer Research Centre. Representing IBERS research activities in the area of DNA repair, with the aim of fostering further collaboration between Welsh academics. Presentation raised the profile of the work carried out in IBERS and prompted discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Lecture to 3rd year undergraduate students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lecture to undergraduate student BR31420, Bioinformatics and functional genomics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Lecture to undergraduates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | An introduction to plant breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | National Institutes of Bioscience 2013 conference, Roslin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited as session speaker at the National Institutes of Bioscience 2013 conference in Roslin. The title of the talk was: Marker assisted plant breeding on a genome-wide scale. The audience was colleagues from other BBSRC funded institutes and universities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | PAG2017 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation within the Plant and Animal Genome conference 2017 (Jan14-18 2017) entitle "Assembly and annotation of a physical map-based draft genome of the forage grass Lolium perenne (P0920)". This is largest international conference devoted to Plants and Animals genomes research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://app.core-apps.com/pag_2017/abstract/3d5eba754526e3e7211a636665f80a47 |
| Description | Participation in International Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, 2015. The workshop was entitled: Future Proofing Agriculture Production Against Environmental Change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in workshop organised by the British Council on Future Proofing Agriculture Production Against Environmental Change. The title of my talk was: Tapping the Potentials of Germplasm Variation Using Genomic and Post-Genomic Approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Plant Science Wales Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Contributed to podcast featuring a collection of interviews with plant scientists in Wales, UK, working at departments at Aberystwyth IBERS, Bangor Environment Centre Wales and Cardiff School of Biosciences. Podcast discussed the funding, outputs and future of plant sciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://soundcloud.com/alice-c-smith/plant-science-wales-podcast |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genome Conference XIX, San Diego, California, 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation of our work on genomic selection in the ryegrass breeding programme at the International Lolium Genome Initiative. Title of talk: Genomic selection in ryegrass |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXIII, San Diego, California |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation of results of our work on genomic selection in perennial ryegrass at the International Lolium Genome Initiative Workshop. Title of talk was: Machine Learning for Genomic Prediction in Lolium perenne. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Research case study lectures (Aberystwyth University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A series of three 50 minute 'research case studies' lectures presented to 35 undergraduate students which showcased the work currently undertaken in the research grant. The lectures resulted in the students having greater knowledge and interest in modern plant breeding as proven in questions and discussion after each lecture. In addition a few students attending the lectures chose to peruse a research project in the areas covered in the lecture series during their final year of study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Research case study presentation (Aberystwyth University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Two 'research case studies' lectures presented to 10 distance learning postgraduate students which showcased the work currently undertaken in the research grant. The lectures resulted in the students having greater knowledge and interest in modern plant breeding as proven in questions and discussion after each lecture. All students undertaking the course are employed in the agri-food sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.atp-pasture.org.uk/en/study-options/distance-learning-modules/genetics-and-genomics-dista... |
| Description | Sparking Impact London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Resulted in the formation of a consortium which applied for funding through the EU FP7 FACCE-JPI scheme - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Talk to Irish dairy farming group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | David Lloyd gave a talk to Irish dairy farming group about the forage legume breeding activities at IBERS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Training course sponsored by Germinal Holdings for seed merchants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | David Lloyd, IBERS legume breeder gave a presentation at a training course sponsored by Germinal Holdings for seed merchants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | UK Plant Genetic Resources Group (UKPGRG) - biannual meetings - IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Workshop in Leaf Senescence at INRA, Versailles, France |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Workshop of the Documentation and Information Working Group_IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Workshop on Genomic Selection in Animals and Plants. Norways University of Life Sciences, Oslo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of plenary lecture entitled: Potential use of GS and association mapping in plant breeding. This was organised by the Life Sciences University in Oslo. The primary audience was colleagues and postgraduate students from the university. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |