15-IWYP -Wider and faster: high-throughout phenotypic exploration of novel genetic variation for breeding high biomass and yield in wheat
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Biosciences
Abstract
With the global population set to reach nine billion by 2050, there is an urgent need to increase food production by at least 60%. Wheat production has plateaued in many areas of the world due to a lack of novel genetic variation for agronomically important traits compounded by the effects of climate change. The lack of genetic variation in modern wheat is a direct consequence of significant genetic bottlenecks during its evolution. As a result, the amount of genetic variation for agronomically important traits available in wild ancestors and landraces of wheat is significantly greater than in present day elite varieties. In contrast to modern wheat, its distant relatives provide a vast resource of genetic variation for potentially all agronomically important traits, including photosynthesis. However, only a fraction of the genetic variation available has been exploited in breeding programmes.
There is now recognition that improved grain yields of major crops require enhanced total dry weight production which must arise mostly from an improvement of radiation-use efficiency (RUE). Raising RUE requires a higher leaf and canopy photosynthesis rate and this remains an important target to underpin future yield progress. There is compelling evidence that C3 photosynthesis is not optimized for high biomass and moreover there is unrealized genetic potential.
The fastest way to raise photosynthesis by genetic improvement in wheat is to seek existing variation in relevant traits that can be used for breeding and pre-breeding. This may represent new variation in photosynthesis that was either lost from the wheat genome during breeding or never present. Traits include (1) properties of Rubisco (2) regulation of Rubisco activity, (3) photoprotective processes (4) electron transport/ RuBP regeneration (5) photorespiration (6) canopy structure and distribution of photosynthesis and pigments (7) internal leaf and chloroplast morphology (8) stomatal responses (to soil and atmospheric water) and leaf water use efficiency. objective of the programme at Nottingham is to transfer small chromosome segments from related species which carry a target gene but lack any deleterious genes, into wheat.
In this project we will generate, using wide crosses, landraces and existing cultivars, lines with substantial variation in their photosynthetic properties and use high throughput screening techniques to identify progeny with enhanced photosynthetic capacity and efficiency. We will investigate the genetic basis of the photosynthetic variation and with the IWYP HUB integrate these discoveries into a pre-breeding and breeding strategy.
The programme will bring together a multi-disciplinary research team: UoN (wide crossing, wheat physiology, photosynthesis phenotyping), (UoB: Genetic marker analysis), University of Essex (UoE: novel photosynthesis phenotyping, Calvin cycle engineering), Lancaster University Environment Centre (LEC: whole plant carbon gain and water use, Rubisco engineering), CIMMYT (field phenotyping and genotyping).
There is now recognition that improved grain yields of major crops require enhanced total dry weight production which must arise mostly from an improvement of radiation-use efficiency (RUE). Raising RUE requires a higher leaf and canopy photosynthesis rate and this remains an important target to underpin future yield progress. There is compelling evidence that C3 photosynthesis is not optimized for high biomass and moreover there is unrealized genetic potential.
The fastest way to raise photosynthesis by genetic improvement in wheat is to seek existing variation in relevant traits that can be used for breeding and pre-breeding. This may represent new variation in photosynthesis that was either lost from the wheat genome during breeding or never present. Traits include (1) properties of Rubisco (2) regulation of Rubisco activity, (3) photoprotective processes (4) electron transport/ RuBP regeneration (5) photorespiration (6) canopy structure and distribution of photosynthesis and pigments (7) internal leaf and chloroplast morphology (8) stomatal responses (to soil and atmospheric water) and leaf water use efficiency. objective of the programme at Nottingham is to transfer small chromosome segments from related species which carry a target gene but lack any deleterious genes, into wheat.
In this project we will generate, using wide crosses, landraces and existing cultivars, lines with substantial variation in their photosynthetic properties and use high throughput screening techniques to identify progeny with enhanced photosynthetic capacity and efficiency. We will investigate the genetic basis of the photosynthetic variation and with the IWYP HUB integrate these discoveries into a pre-breeding and breeding strategy.
The programme will bring together a multi-disciplinary research team: UoN (wide crossing, wheat physiology, photosynthesis phenotyping), (UoB: Genetic marker analysis), University of Essex (UoE: novel photosynthesis phenotyping, Calvin cycle engineering), Lancaster University Environment Centre (LEC: whole plant carbon gain and water use, Rubisco engineering), CIMMYT (field phenotyping and genotyping).
Technical Summary
Wheat's distant relatives provide a vast resource of genetic variation for potentially all agronomically important traits, including photosynthesis. However, only a fraction of the genetic variation available has been exploited in breeding programmes. The main reason for this has been the inability to detect and characterise genetic material (introgressions) from a wheat relative. However, in the BBSRC funded Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme (WISP), the Universities of Nottingham (UoN) and Bristol (UoB) in collaboration with Affymetrix, have developed an array (based on SNP markers) composed of 35,000 markers polymorphic between elite wheat and the ancestral and distant relatives we are working with. This technology, in combination with molecular cytogenetics, is for the first time enabling large-scale, high throughput production and detection of introgressed chromosome segments into the wheat genome.
This genetic variation provides a focus for screening for improvement in a vital trait: leaf photosynthesis which in this case means the efficiency with which crop plants convert solar radiation into biomass and yield across a range of key environments. Promising properties have been identified in wild relatives and introgressed lines but the rate of screening for this complex trait must be speeded up. In a UK consortium (Nottingham, Bristol, Sheffield, Lancaster), we will operate a phenotyping cascade to move from high-throughput but low resolution (hundreds of wheat plants per day) to a lower throughput but biologically detailed physiological analysis of selected candidate lines. This will be fed to the field IWYPHUB analysis platform in CIMMYT, Mexico for final confirmation and genetic analysis to inform breeding. To do this we will utilise gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence alongside advanced genotyping tools in wild types and back crossed lines.
This genetic variation provides a focus for screening for improvement in a vital trait: leaf photosynthesis which in this case means the efficiency with which crop plants convert solar radiation into biomass and yield across a range of key environments. Promising properties have been identified in wild relatives and introgressed lines but the rate of screening for this complex trait must be speeded up. In a UK consortium (Nottingham, Bristol, Sheffield, Lancaster), we will operate a phenotyping cascade to move from high-throughput but low resolution (hundreds of wheat plants per day) to a lower throughput but biologically detailed physiological analysis of selected candidate lines. This will be fed to the field IWYPHUB analysis platform in CIMMYT, Mexico for final confirmation and genetic analysis to inform breeding. To do this we will utilise gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence alongside advanced genotyping tools in wild types and back crossed lines.
Planned Impact
Our project clearly meets the International Wheat Yield Partnership's objectives of a transformational programme to enhance biomass production and yield in wheat and thus lead to large breakthroughs in genetic yield potential to improve food production in as short a timeframe as possible. To achieve this, we will coordinate key centres of excellence to create a 'UK virtual crop photosynthesis hub' for high throughput screening and analysis. We will meet all requirements o in particular uncovering new genetic variation in relatives and ancestors of wheat, novel optimized smart screens for photosynthesis. Short term: we will enhance capacity of IWYP hub, donating new introgression material with traits geared toward genetically conferred higher biomass and yield contributing toward the focus on genomic selection. Medium term: we will provide novel high biomass material with both a genetic and a physiological basis that will provide the breakthrough in genetic yield potential required. Long term: The genetic and physiological support provided will enable markers to be used for selection in the prebreeding and breeding phases to move toward farmer delivery.
Publications
Allen AM
(2017)
Characterization of a Wheat Breeders' Array suitable for high-throughput SNP genotyping of global accessions of hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).
in Plant biotechnology journal
Burridge AJ
(2018)
Conversion of array-based single nucleotide polymorphic markers for use in targeted genotyping by sequencing in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum).
in Plant biotechnology journal
Burridge AJ
(2017)
High-Density SNP Genotyping Array for Hexaploid Wheat and Its Relatives.
in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Coulton A
(2020)
Segregation distortion: Utilizing simulated genotyping data to evaluate statistical methods.
in PloS one
Coulton A
(2020)
Examining the Effects of Temperature on Recombination in Wheat.
in Frontiers in plant science
Flütsch S
(2020)
Guard Cell Starch Degradation Yields Glucose for Rapid Stomatal Opening in Arabidopsis.
in The Plant cell
Gibbs JA
(2019)
Recovering Wind-Induced Plant Motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking.
in Plant physiology
Jauregui I
(2018)
Whole plant chamber to examine sensitivity of cereal gas exchange to changes in evaporative demand.
in Plant methods
King J
(2017)
A step change in the transfer of interspecific variation into wheat from Amblyopyrum muticum.
in Plant biotechnology journal
Lawson T
(2019)
Speedy stomata, photosynthesis and plant water use efficiency.
in The New phytologist
Lawson T
(2020)
Guard Cell Metabolism and Stomatal Function.
in Annual review of plant biology
Lawson T
(2018)
The Leaf: A Platform for Performing Photosynthesis
Matthews J
(2018)
Annual Plant Reviews online
Matthews JSA
(2018)
Acclimation to Fluctuating Light Impacts the Rapidity of Response and Diurnal Rhythm of Stomatal Conductance.
in Plant physiology
McAusland L
(2021)
Nocturnal stomatal conductance in wheat is growth-stage specific and shows genotypic variation.
in The New phytologist
McAusland L
(2020)
Variation in key leaf photosynthetic traits across wheat wild relatives is accession dependent not species dependent.
in The New phytologist
Mohammed U
(2019)
Rice plants overexpressing OsEPF1 show reduced stomatal density and increased root cortical aerenchyma formation.
in Scientific reports
Molero G
(2023)
Exotic alleles contribute to heat tolerance in wheat under field conditions.
in Communications biology
Moroyoqui-Parra M
(2023)
Interaction of planting system with radiation-use efficiency in wheat lines
in Crop Science
Murchie EH
(2020)
Dynamic non-photochemical quenching in plants: from molecular mechanism to productivity.
in The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
Murchie EH
(2017)
Safety conscious or living dangerously: what is the 'right' level of plant photoprotection for fitness and productivity?
in Plant, cell & environment
Murchie EH
(2023)
A 'wiring diagram' for source strength traits impacting wheat yield potential.
in Journal of experimental botany
Murchie EH
(2018)
Measuring the dynamic photosynthome.
in Annals of botany
Nehe AS
(2020)
Nitrogen partitioning and remobilization in relation to leaf senescence, grain yield and protein concentration in Indian wheat cultivars.
in Field crops research
Przewieslik-Allen AM
(2021)
The role of gene flow and chromosomal instability in shaping the bread wheat genome.
in Nature plants
Przewieslik-Allen AM
(2018)
Developing a High-Throughput SNP-Based Marker System to Facilitate the Introgression of Traits From Aegilops Species Into Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum).
in Frontiers in plant science
Reynolds M
(2022)
Author Correction: A wiring diagram to integrate physiological traits of wheat yield potential
in Nature Food
Reynolds MP
(2022)
A wiring diagram to integrate physiological traits of wheat yield potential.
in Nature food
Slafer GA
(2023)
A 'wiring diagram' for sink strength traits impacting wheat yield potential.
in Journal of experimental botany
Smith HL
(2017)
Don't ignore the green light: exploring diverse roles in plant processes.
in Journal of experimental botany
Stamford J
(2023)
Development of an accurate low cost NDVI imaging system for assessing plant health
in Plant Methods
Van Wesemael J
(2019)
Using Growth and Transpiration Phenotyping Under Controlled Conditions to Select Water Efficient Banana Genotypes.
in Frontiers in plant science
Vialet-Chabrand S
(2020)
Thermography methods to assess stomatal behaviour in a dynamic environment.
in Journal of experimental botany
Vialet-Chabrand S
(2019)
Dynamic leaf energy balance: deriving stomatal conductance from thermal imaging in a dynamic environment.
in Journal of experimental botany
Wilkinson PA
(2016)
CerealsDB 3.0: expansion of resources and data integration.
in BMC bioinformatics
Winfield MO
(2016)
High-density SNP genotyping array for hexaploid wheat and its secondary and tertiary gene pool.
in Plant biotechnology journal
Winfield MO
(2018)
High-density genotyping of the A.E. Watkins Collection of hexaploid landraces identifies a large molecular diversity compared to elite bread wheat.
in Plant biotechnology journal
| Description | The rate of genetic progress in biomass production per unit hectare of wheat must be improved if we are to meet global targets for grain production. However, selection for domestication traits has reduced the genetic variation in modern wheat cultivars, a fact that could severely limit the future rate of genetic gain. Wild relatives and landraces of wheat carry considerably more variation for target traits than modern day wheat varieties including substantial variation in photosynthesis; a direct factor in biomass production. However, only a fraction of the genetic variation available has been exploited in breeding programmes. The main reason for this has been the inability to detect and characterise genetic material (introgressions) from a wheat relative. However current technology being used by the partners in this project and in combination with molecular cytogenetics, is for the first time enabling large-scale, high throughput production and detection of introgressed chromosome segments into the wheat genome. Photosynthesis is a critical property of crops that urgently needs improvement to underpin higher wheat biomass and drive a higher canopy radiation use efficiency (RUE). This project will significantly increase the photosynthetic efficiency and capacity of wheat, leading to the development of higher yielding elite varieties by exploiting genetic variation present in 1) distant relatives of wheat and 2) landraces no longer available in elite wheat breeding programmes. The overall aims of this project are to generate, using wide crosses, landraces and existing cultivars, lines with substantial variation in their photosynthetic properties. We will use novel high throughput screening techniques to identify progeny with enhanced photosynthetic capacity and efficiency, robustly expressed across environments, and which increase wheat biomass production and yield. We will investigate the genetic basis of the photosynthetic variation and with the IWYP HUB integrate these discoveries into a pre-breeding and breeding strategy. We will coordinate key centres to create a virtual crop photosynthesis hub for high throughput screening and analysis. Key Project objectives (O 1-4): 1. Generate, using wide crosses, landraces and existing cultivars, lines with substantial variation in their photosynthetic properties (Work package (WP) 1: germplasm development and exploitation). 2. Use novel high throughput screening techniques to identify progeny with enhanced photosynthetic capacity and efficiency, robustly expressed across environments, and which increases wheat biomass production and yield (WP2: High throughput phenotypic screen and WP3: detailed phenotypic screen). 3. Investigate the genetic basis of the photosynthetic variation and with the IWYP hub integrate these discoveries into a pre-breeding and breeding strategy (WP4 and WP6: Genetic characterization of introgressed lines and WP5:data collection, management). 4. Coordinate key centres of excellence to create a virtual crop photosynthesis hub for high throughput screening and analysis. The project end date was April 2019. We used a no cost extension from the BBSRC to process samples and lines emerging from the project between April and July 2019 and to prepare further manuscripts for publication. The following is an executive summary of progress after the final year in 2019: Project highlights 1. We have identified at least two Lines with wild relative DNA insertions that possess consistent higher photosynthesis (lines from the original 23 'breeder's toolkit' derived from Triticum urartu and Aegilops mutica crosses). These have now been tested in the field at the IWYP hub in 2018 and 2019 and the increased photosynthetic capacity, biomass and grain yield has been confirmed 2. There are now around 150 lines (including the 23 breeder's toolkit lines) available for transfer to CIMMYT for field - testing, awaiting the correct arrangements for transfer. Details below. 3. Nearly 100 wild relatives and accessions have now undergone detailed analysis and we have identified substantial improvement in photosynthetic rate in comparison to elite wheat (up to 30 %). These are the subject of a substantial paper about to be submitted to New Phytologist. Variation in Rubisco enzyme properties from wild relatives were shown to have potential improvement over wheat. Many wild relatives showed a superior (faster) response of stomata to step changes in light in comparison to elite wheat, indicating a potential photosynthetic advantage in field conditions 4. Since 2017 over 300 wheat wild relative accessions and species have now been genotyped. These data have been used to identify priority accessions according to divergence. 5. We have published 3 high profile papers outlining new advances in dynamic photosynthesis phenotyping, funded through this IWYP project. We have one about to submit to New Phytologist (characterizing the wild relatives) and one field paper in preparation (high photosynthesis in the DH lines at the Hub). 2019 Field analysis of DH lines generated at Nottingham transferred to the IWYP Hub Last year we reported on an incomplete, ongoing data set. Here we complete the data description. Qe must emphasise that the complete data set is substantially greater, with in depth diurnal analysis on gas exchange, leaf morphology, chlorophyll fluorescence. These data will be shared with IWYP. Here we report on the key data as it relates to photosynthesis, biomas and yield. Previous analyses in the UK indicated that key DH lines generated from T.urartu and T.mutica showed superior photosynthetic capacity in some lines. However, the mild and constant conditions of a glasshouse in the UK are very different to the fluctuating field conditions in Mexico. We therefore considered it important to analyse the responses of these lines in the field and we spent considerable time and resources on field analyses in both 2018 and 2019. Lorna McAusland traveled to Obregon Feb - March 2018 and 2019 to carry out analyses in the field. We shipped a Licor6400XT across from the UK in order to achieve this. 20 DH lines were planted in the field in 2018 and 2019. Data from 2018 indicated one line with higher light saturated photosynthesis (line 20), however there was variable phenology. Data from 2019 (collected in the few days before this report was submitted) used plants grown in the field with less phenological variation due to a more rigorous vernalisation response. These indicate higher rates of photosynthesis and key ACi parameters (Vcmax and Jmax) in line 17 when compared to the wheat parent Pavon76 (fig 2 and 3). Lower dark respiration rates were observed in lines 17 and 20, in comparison with Borlaug100. We observed around 10 % enhancement of biomass and yield in these lines. Variation in key photosynthesis traits in wheat wild relatives The wild relatives of modern wheat represent an under-utilised source of genetic and phenotypic diversity. Crossing wild relatives into elite cultivars introduces the potential for wide adaptation to changing environmental conditions, ultimately aiming to improve the stability and capacity for higher productivity. A 2.3-fold variation for flag leaf light and CO2- saturated rates of photosynthesis (Amax) was observed across 86 wild relative accessions, with significant, accession-specific variation in maximum rates of carboxylation (Vcmax), electron transport (Jmax) and rubisco activity. In addition to photosynthetic capacity, dynamic responses were also characterised to identify features associated with efficient carbon acquisition in fluctuating environments; finding significant variation in the timings of non-photochemical quenching, the magnitude and rate of stomatal opening and specific leaf area. All wild relatives presented here were genotyped for future exploitation in genome wide association studies (showing..). We conclude that accession-dependent variation exceeds that of genus or species-dependent variation. The breadth of physiological diversity is discussed and key candidates are identified for the introduction of photosynthetic variation in crossing and pre-breeding programs. |
| Exploitation Route | Our project is a transformational programme to enhance biomass production and yield in wheat and thus lead to large breakthroughs in genetic yield potential to improve food production in as short a timeframe as possible. To achieve this, we will uncover new genetic variation in relatives and ancestors of wheat, novel optimized smart screens for photosynthesis. Short term: we will donate new introgression material with traits geared toward genetically conferred higher biomass and yield contributing toward the focus on genomic selection. Medium term: we will provide novel high biomass material with both a genetic and a physiological basis that will provide the breakthrough in genetic yield potential required. Long term: The genetic and physiological support provided will enable markers to be used for selection in the prebreeding and breeding phases to move toward farmer delivery. This will include data collected from the wild relatives themselves (see above). Socioeconomic impact and and food security : 1. Impact at the farmer level: Yields of wheat in developing regions of the world are essential to economic and socioeconomic security for farming communities. The traits we are focussing on here are intended to be effective across different mega environments and so have the greatest chance of improving livelihoods in these regions. 2. Impact on global hunger and food security: Wheat provides about 20% of all calories consumed by people worldwide and also makes a significant contribution to animal feed. Importantly demand for wheat is predicted to increase in the near future as the global population increases and the area of available land for agriculture decreases. Therefore wheat production will have an immense impact on food security and the global economy in the coming decades. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| URL | http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/cerealgenomics/CerealsDB/IWYP_blast.php |
| Description | The lines used that swere identified as having higher photosynthesis in the field have been added to breeding lines at CIMMYT, Mexico. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Problems caused by introgessions |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Wheat breeding companies were made aware about the effect that introgressions have on recombination and why this may lead to difficulties in the future, this has caused some companies to re-examine their breeding strategies |
| Description | BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Award (FTMA) |
| Amount | £25,000 (GGP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Exploiting night-time traits to improve wheat yield and water use efficiency in the warming climate of North-western Mexico |
| Amount | £541,034 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S012834/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | International workshops |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | iCASE DTP |
| Amount | £71,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Title | High throughput chlorophyll fluorescence dynamics for wheat |
| Description | We have developed a method for the high throughput analysis of chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) , under fluctuating light, of leaf samples or whole plants. This allows kinetics of induction and relaxation of CF of a large number of leaf samples (typically up to 70) within one or two hours. Previously this would have taken one or two hours per sample. This method is bring written into a paper for submission for peer review : 'Title: A Rapid, high through-put procedure utilising chlorophyll fluorescence imaging to screen/ phenotype cereal leaf dynamic photosynthesis under controlled gaseous conditions' |
| Type Of Material | Biological samples |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Method complete, still applying current research. |
| Title | New markers and new genotyping platform for wheat breeding |
| Description | New Axiom markers for use in wheat breeding |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | New markers and new GbyS genotyping platform for screening and genotyping wheat |
| Title | Whole plant gas exchange measurements |
| Description | Here we describe a whole plant gas exchange system that can rapidly alter evaporative demand when measuring An, Tr and intrinsic WUE (iWUE) and identify genetic variation in this response. An was not limited by VPD under steady-state conditions but some wheat cultivars restricted Tr under high evaporative demand, thereby improving iWUE. These changes may be ABA-dependent, since the barley ABA-deficient mutant (Az34) failed to restrict Tr under high evaporative demand. Despite higher Tr, Az34 showed lower An than wild-type (WT) barley because of limitations in Rubisco carboxylation activity. Tr and An of Az34 were more sensitive than WT barley to exogenous spraying with ABA, which restricted photosynthesis via substrate limitation and decreasing Rubisco activation. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Examining whole plant gas exchange responses to altered VPD can identify genetic variation in whole plant iWUE, and facilitate an understanding of the underlying mechanism(s). |
| URL | https://plantmethods.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13007-018-0357-9 |
| Title | deriving stomatal conductance from thermal imaging in a dynamic environment |
| Description | In spite of the significant progress made in recent years, the use of thermography to derive biologically relevant traits remains a challenge under fluctuating conditions. The aim of this study was to rethink the current method to process thermograms and derive temporal responses of stomatal conductance (gsw) using dynamic energy balance equations. Time-series thermograms provided the basis for a spatial and temporal characterisation of gsw responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum). A leaf replica with a known conductance was used to validate the approach and to test the ability of our model to be used with any material and under any environmental conditions. The results highlighted the importance of the coordinated stomatal responses that run parallel to the leaf blade despite their patchy distribution. The diversity and asymmetry of the temporal response of gsw observed after a step increase and step decrease in light intensity can be interpreted as a strategy to maximize photosynthesis per unit of water loss and avoid heat stress in response to light- flecks in a natural environment. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This study removes a major bottleneck for plant phenotyping platforms and will pave the way to further developments in our understanding of stomatal behaviour. |
| URL | https://watermark.silverchair.com/erz068.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ys... |
| Title | Axiom® Wheat Relatives Array data |
| Description | The array was developed in collaboration with the University of Bristol. More information about the SNPs on the array and development of other molecular marker resources in wheat can be found on the CerealsDB website. A number of chromosome-specific KASP™ assays have been developed for rapid detection of wild relative introgressions into wheat. These assays also allow the identification of the site of introgression in wheat and enable us to differentiate between homozygous and heterozygous introgressions. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | TBA |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/wrc/germplasm-resources/genotyping.aspx |
| Title | CerealsDB |
| Description | The CerealsDB web-site was created by members of the Functional Genomics Group at the University of Bristol. The site provides a range of facilities for the study of the wheat genome. The site has been designed with breeders in mind, and we hope that is will be easy and straightforward to use. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | There have been over 1,528,817 unique visits to the websites and our various datasets have been downloaded 48,295 times (35K Wheat breeders Array: 45,445 downloads and 820K High Density Wheat Array; 2,850 downloads). The trend of increased numbers of researchers visiting our web site shows no sign of slowing down; running as it is at greater than 50,000 unique visits per month. |
| URL | http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/ |
| Title | Introgression plotter added to Cerealsdb |
| Description | Software to allow users to screen wheat germplasm for potential introgressions from wheat relative |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | At the request of the wheat breeding companies we have made this tool available via Cerealsdb so that breeders can check on the presence of possible introgressed regions in the bread wheat genome |
| Title | QTL database |
| Description | Upload of QTL database to Cerealsdb |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Breeders and academics are now able to download/examine various QTL-based datasets |
| Title | Upgrade to cerealsdb (cerealsdb3) |
| Description | We have carried out a significant upgrade of cerealsdb to include new analytical tools and a much larger data set |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Increased level of data downloads and use of tools to detect introgressions in wheat |
| URL | http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net/cerealgenomics/CerealsDB/indexNEW.php |
| Description | Collaboartion with Syngenta to exchnage knowledge on trasformation and double haploid production |
| Organisation | Syngenta International AG |
| Department | Syngenta Ltd (Bracknell) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | exchange of personal to improve our technology in double haploid production |
| Collaborator Contribution | Spent time at Syngenta providing input into transformation technolgy |
| Impact | Better transformation and double haploid technology available to Bristol |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMT) |
| Organisation | International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CIMMYT provide scientific expertise and field trial facilities for wheat research. It operates as a scientific collaboration on some projects and a sub contract for field trials on others. We work with Prof Matthew Reynolds and Dr GEmma Molero. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific expertise and projects funded by UKRI on wheat photosynthesis and wheat physiology. |
| Impact | Outcomes expected in 2020. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Academic visitor from the University of Salamanca 3/9/2018 |
| 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 | Academic visit from Javier Bobo Pinilla of the University of Salamanca. Visit was for training, data sharing and discussion of future collaboration opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Agritech Event (Essex) to show case research activities to the industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | To showcase and describe research funding at Essex as well as our expertise and capabilities for interacting with the agriculture sector in order to facilitate collaborative research across the faculty and industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.agritech-east.co.uk/agri-tech-member/university-of-essex/# |
| Description | Annual IWYP Conference attendance and presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://iwyp.org This is the annual meeting of the International Wheat Yield Consortium , held at the John Innes centre in June 2018. Erik Murchie and Keith Edwards presented the findings of this IWYP project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Attendance of IWYP annual conference 2017-03-19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended IWYP annual conference and discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Bristol Plant Science Workshop, 2018-10-17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended the Bristol Plant Science Workshop and presented 'Using Ancient Grains to Improve Modern Bread Wheat' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CIMMYT visit to IWYP material Field Trials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge visited the Obregon CIMMYT site, specifically field sites used for IWYP projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Chairing a session at the Annual SEB meeting 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Co-chairing an SEB session on Stomata and photosynthetic regulation of water use efficiency at the annual SEB meeting in Seville. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.sebiology.org/events/event/seb-seville-2019/programme/plant-biology#stomatal |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with service providers for genotyping technical development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with technology provider regarding optimisation of new technology for wheat |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Germplasm exchange for technical development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Transfer of markers to technology provider to aid the development of a new genotyping platform |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with breeder regarding marker development for tracking introgressions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Engagement with industry |
| 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 | Meeting with technology provider regarding a new genotyping platform and its application |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | From Seed to Pasta III, Bologna, Italy, 2018-09-19 |
| 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 | Amanda Burridge attended and met delegates from From Seed to Pasta III, a conference that focused on durum wheat breeding and processing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Gatsby masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Practical activity in which A level student extracted DNA from GM plant material and carried out PCR to check for gene of interest. This resulted in questions and discussions regarding the methods and the importance of plant science and "feeding the world". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | IWYP annual meeting and workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://iwyp.org This is the annual meeting of the International Wheat Yield Consortium , held at CIMMYT, Oregon, Mexico in 2019. Erik Murchie presented the findings of this IWYP project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Indo-UK Workshop on Sustaining Food Production under environmental stress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workship and Conference between UK and Indian instiutes engaged in Agricultural Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://indoukworkshop.com/ |
| Description | Keynote lecture on 'Improving photosynthesis, the engine of life to sustainably increase crop yields' at the Yangling International Agri-Science Forum, , Yangling, China, October 22- 26, 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Increased knowledge and awareness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Keynote presentation at 2019 Monogram |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote, plenary lecture at Monogram 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Keynote presentation, Japanese International Workshop on Plant Phenotyping, |
| 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 | Talk presented : 'canopy-environment interaction in crops'. Discussion and scoping exercises followed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Life Sciences Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Scientists from all levels across different fields of Life sciences discussed the possibilities for collaboration. Many discussed a new interest in food security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Life Sciences Symposium 2018-02-02 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge presented work by the Bristol Cereal Genomics team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with South African deligation to discuss meiosis, genotyping and wheat breeding |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with British Council lead South African delegation to discuss wheat breeding and possible further links |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with international experts in wheat breeding and recombination |
| 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 | Meeting of international experts in wheat breeding and recombination/marker development to consider future prospects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with representatives from South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Met with representatives from Industry, Research Institutes, Academia and Policy makers to discuss future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Monogram 2018 - John Innes Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge presented 'Rapid and Affordable Genotyping by Sequencing Optimised for Hexaploid Wheat' at Monogram 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nominated and selected as Co-chair of the GRC CO2 assimilation, USA 2019, and Chair of GRC on the next conference in Italy May 2021 |
| 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 | Nominated and selected by peer to be the co-chair for the 2019 conference, and chair for the 2021 GRC conference on CO2 assimilation. https://www.grc.org/co2-assimilation-in-plants-from-genome-to-biome-conference/2019/ https://www.grc.org/co2-assimilation-in-plants-from-genome-to-biome-conference/2021/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.grc.org/co2-assimilation-in-plants-from-genome-to-biome-conference/2019/ |
| Description | Nuffield Research placement provider |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Provided three summer placement funded by Nuffield for students to gain experience of working in a lab. Students built curiosity in plant sciences and in particular stomatal behavior. They had the opportunity to experience a real research lab environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Organise meeting of the UK Rice Research Community 2019 at University of Nottingham |
| 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 | At U. Nottingham, I co organised the second meeting of the UKRRC. This is due to be held on the 2nd and 3rd May 2019. The UK Rice Research consortium (UKRRC) has been established to highlight the breadth and quality of research in UK's based research institutions on rice, and to provide a focal point for building new networks both within the UK and with international partners. Analysis shows that in previous years rice has mostly been used as a model organism for basic plant research, but recently this has changed to more applied research. For much of the world's poor, rice (O. sativa) provides the majority of daily calories. Rice productivity has more than doubled in recent decades, resulting from continued breeding efforts. However, to meet the demands imposed by the projected increase in population, rice production has to continue growing rapidly, while meeting challenges imposed by a changing climate. With the recent sequencing of >3000 different varieties, there is a huge genetic resource available for identifying polymorphisms associated with desirable traits e.g. tolerance to biotic or abiotic stress, yield, nutritional content etc., which in due course can be bred into major crop varieties. The UKRRC is building upon genomic resources and large-scale phenotyping platforms, and works with international partners on fundamental science and applied breeding programmes to tackle food security challenges, as highlighted under Research and Partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://ukrrc.org |
| Description | Organising Monogram 2019 |
| 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 | Erik Murchie cp - organised Monogram 2019 which is too be held in April 2019 . The Monogram Network meeting is the annual get together for the small grain cereal and grass research community. Academics, commercial scientists, and plant breeders gather to share the latest advances in scientific research, exchange ideas, and talk about collaboration. Monogram 2019 provides an exciting opportunity for sharing ideas and networking in a relaxed environment. Everyone from graduate students to established academics, commercial scientists and plant breeders are welcome to attend. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.monogram.ac.uk/MgNW2019.php |
| Description | Plant Development and Evolution International Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An International workshop to encourage meaningful exchanges and collaborations between global institutions. After presentation of data and some of the limitations of research, researchers from Zurich and Kyoto University have offered useful advice and potential future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Plant Development and Evolution International Workshop 2018-02-22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended the Plant Development and Evolution International Workshop in Zurich with the presentation 'Improving Wheat Photosynthesis using Wild Relatives' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Plant Ecophysiology group workshop |
| 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 | The PEP group is a special interest group of the SEB and BES. In 2012 Lawson organised a techniques workshop to train the next generation of scientists in some of the key physiological techniques. The week long event comprised of morning lecturer/seminar for expert researchers in the field followed by hands on practical sessions supported by the Industrial manufacturers. Lawson organised the 2014 sessions and is co-organiser of the 2016 and 2018 events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2014,2016,2018 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/prod/view/drrjwebster/pepg-workshop |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) XXVI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) XXVI and presented 'CerealsDB Version 4.0: A Review of Tools and Data for Wheat Breeders and Research Scientists' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Progress meeting at Lancaster 2017-11-22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended and presented data at an IWYP meeting attended by delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress meeting at Nottingham 2017-03-14 |
| 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 | Amanda Burridge and Keith Edwards attended an IWYP progress meeting at Nottingham University with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress meeting at via Skype 2017-08-23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended an IWYP Skype meeting with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress meeting at via Skype 2017-10-17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge and Keith Edwards attended an IWYP Skype meeting with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress meeting at via Skype 2018-01-05 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge and Keith Edwards attended an IWYP Skype meeting with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Progress meeting at via Skype 2018-08-30 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended an IWYP Skype meeting with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Progress meeting at via Skype 2018-12-20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge and Keith Edwards attended an IWYP Skype meeting with delegates from Nottingham University, Lancaster University and Essex University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public dialog and debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A pint of science debate on the price of bread and wheat breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public lecture in series 'whats it all about' held at Sutton Bonington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public lecture on research into improving crop photosynthesis and its wider importance and interest for society and food security . It was held at the University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington) in April 2015 and open largely to the local public . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Radio broadcast Farming today |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview for farming today on wheat breeding and its importance; 14th July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Rank Prize acceptance speech |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Rank prize (2018) acceptance speech |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.rankprize.org/index.php/prizes/prizes-2018 |
| Description | Rank Symposium on "The shape of wheat to come" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The Rank Symposium of "The shape of wheat to come" was a four day event organised by Edwards and Higgins to promote the area of recombination to a wide range of international scientists ranging from PhD students to retired professors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Royal Society Partnership grant which included a 2.5 day visit to local 6th form school (Suffolk one). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The Royal Society partnership grant enabled thermal camera to be purchased by the school. Lawson visited the school to present a seminar about the effect of climate change on stomatal behaviour and the use of thermal cameras to monitor plant performance. This was followed by a practical session involving droughted and water watered plants. As part of the assessment the students had to prepare and present posters to explain their findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Royal Society student conference (London RS) December |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This event followed the Royal Society partnership award that between myself at the University of Essex and Dr Tanja Hofmann One, Ipswich. This event included poster presentation by the school students as well as a display stand to demonstrate the application and benefits of using thermography to assess plant performance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SEB Main Meeting presentation: |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk: Characterizing the natural variation in dynamic photosynthetic traits in African rice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | School Seminar (Bristol University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lunch time seminar showcase research activities and finding based on funded research within the lab. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School Seminar (Glasgow University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Lunch time seminar showcase research activities and finding based on funded research within the lab. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stakeholder Workshop: Social Responsibility and Wheat Research 13/9/18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholders talked about their own interests (and/or those of their community) in relation to the many uses of wheat. The event also considered stakeholder responses as the basis for a report on social responsibility and wheat research targeted at policy audiences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Teaching workshop -workshop on phenotyping photosynthetic phoneme at U. Wageningen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates and industry representatives about techniques in photoprotection and canopy structure phenotyping. This resulted in questions and discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Visited VIT India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presented some basic information on photosynthesis, followed by our research in the area of trying to improve photosynthetic capacity to increase yield. This raised a number of questions regarding the processes, mechanisms and even the use of GM technology and alternatives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Visitors from the University of Florence 2-6 July 2018 |
| 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 | Academic visit from Alberto Masoni and Massimo Gori of the University of Florence. Visit was for training, data sharing and discussion of future collaboration opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Wheats and Women International Conference, National Research Council, Rome, 2018-06-14 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burridge attended and presented at the first Women in Wheat (Carlotta Award) conference in Rome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | invited speaker : CO2 assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | he growing concern over global food and energy security results from rising population, while land degradation and climate change continue to limit production. One of society's major challenges is to grow more biomass on less land, using less water, fertilizer, fungicides and pesticides than ever before. To accomplish this, a new "green revolution" that surpasses the rate of current crop and fuel production is required and improving photosynthetic CO2 assimilation is key to achieving this goal. The Gordon Research Conference (GRC), CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome, is among the most critical forums for bringing together the top plant scientists in the world, along with rising early-career scientists, to share and discuss the critical advances on this grand challenge. At this meeting scientists will present and discuss cutting edge, often unpublished research, that is geared toward the new "green revolution" and that will develop ideas and collaborations to guide and support research on carbon aspects of photosynthesis for years to come. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.grc.org/co2-assimilation-in-plants-from-genome-to-biome-conference/2019/ |