India:Plant science for food security and nutrition
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Ctr for Plant Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Barmukh R
(2022)
Genetic variation in CaTIFY4b contributes to drought adaptation in chickpea.
in Plant biotechnology journal
Kumar R
(2019)
Peg Biology: Deciphering the Molecular Regulations Involved During Peanut Peg Development
in Frontiers in Plant Science
| Description | Biosoil consortium meeting |
| 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 | Informal meeting of 5 invited speakers; 3 UK 2 international to present work in the area of closed loop P recycling. Research talks (including a presentation on work done in this project) were open to audience of postgraduate students across the University of Leeds. Closed discussion amongst the invited speakers about potential collaboration and possible funding pplications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Discovery Zone 2019 |
| 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 | Stall in Faculty Discovery Zone for KS2 and KS3 children from local schools. About how we can use photosynthetic organisms to recover phosphate from waste water and use for fertiliser |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop on Plant Science for Food Security and Nutrition |
| 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 | Programme Workshop on Plant Science for Food Security and Nutrition University of Leeds and ICRISAT 13th June 2018 Weetwood Hall Leeds 9.10 Welcome (Prof Alison Baker) Session 1: The semi arid tropics- challenges and solutions (Chair Prof Alison Baker) 9.15 Dr Nigel Poole- Former Chair of the ICRISAT Governing Board. 9.25 Prof Rajeev Varshney, Research Program Director - Genetic Gains ICRISAT Accelerating Genetic Gains in dryland crops 9.50 Prof. Lindsay Stringer, Prof in Environment and Development, Sustainability Research Institute Leeds. What works in dryland research for development? 10.15 Dr Nedumaran Swamikannu Senior Scientist - Economics ICRISAT Climate change impacts and vulnerability of fallow-chickpea based farming system in Semi-arid tropics of India. 10.40 Dr Jana Kholova, Senior Scientist - Crop Physiology ICRISAT Research for impact - contribution of GxExMxS team 11.05 Coffee and networking Session 2 Underpinning Science for ICRISAT Mandate Crops (Chair Dr Stefan Kepinski) 11.20 Dr Tom Bennett, University Academic Fellow, Centre for Plant sciences, Leeds Decision making and risk aversion in plant growth and development 11.45 Dr Pooja Bhatnagar, Theme Leader -Cell, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering ICRISAT Biotechnological interventions for intractable traits in SAT crops- discovery to translation 12.10 Ms Anu Chitikineni, Senior Manager - Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology ICRISAT Sequencing Informatics Services at ICRISAT: An example of sequencing based trait mapping in peanut 12.35 Dr Lekha Pazhamala, DST Women Scientist, Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, ICRISAT. Deciphering the dynamic biology of Pigeonpea environment sensitive male sterile line 13.00 Lunch hot buffet. Networking and poster viewing Session 3 Seeds (chair Prof Brendan Davies?) 14.00 Dr Thomas Falk, Senior Scientist - Ecosystem Service and Natural Resources Governance, ICRISAT The impact of multi-layer governance on the adoption of seed innovations 14.25 Dr Chris West, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Plant Sciences, Leeds The regulation of seed germination and the molecular factors that influence seed longevity 14.50 Dr Manish Pandey, Senior Scientist - Groundnut Genomics, ICRISAT Finding sustainable solution to Aflatoxin contamination and allergens in peanut through omics approaches 15.10 Dr Yun Yun Gong, Associate Professor, School of Food Science and Nutrition Aflatoxin exposure in developing countries and its health consequence on child malnutrition 15.25 Dr Rachit Saxena, Senior Scientist - Pigeonpea Genomics Genomics for enhancing breeding efficiency in pigeonpea 15.50 Tea and networking Session 4 Plants, Environment and systems (Chair Dr Katie Field) 16.10 Dr Martin Dallimer Associate Professor in Environmental Change, Sustainability Research Institute Leeds. Approaches to understanding the environmental and economic impact of migratory crop pests in sub-Saharan Africa. 16.35 Prof Paul Knox, Professor of Plant Cell Biology Director, Centre for Plant Sciences Leeds Soil-binding factors released from cereal roots 17.00 Dr Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso Lecturer, Centre for Plant Sciences, Leeds Regulation of macromolecular cell-to-cell transport, root development and environmental responses. 17.25 Round up/discussion 17.45 drinks, posters and networking 19.30 Dinner Day 2 Workshop on Plant Science for Food Security and Nutrition University of Leeds and ICRISAT 14th June Breakout sessions and Early Career Networking and collaboration event Breakout discussions: 3 sessions 9.15- 10.45 and 11.15-12.45 Topics will be gathered during the first day. People can move between groups and/or topics can change after the break. Attending: Leeds Dr Tom Bennett (CPS) Dr Chris West (CPS) Dr Martin Dallimer (SRI) Prof A Baker (CPS) Dr K. Field (CPS) Prof C. Foyer (CPS) Prof Paul Knox (CPS) Prof L. Stringer (SRI) Dr Y. Benitez-Alfonso (CPS) Prof J. Denecke (CPS) Prof B. Davies (CPS) Dr Yun Yun Gong (Food) Dr S. Kepinski (CPS) ICRISAT Prof Rajeev Varshney Dr Nedumaran Swamikannu Dr Jana Kholova Dr Pooja Bhatnagar Ms Anu Chitikineni Dr Thomas Falk Dr Manish Pandey Dr Rachit Saxena Dr Lekha Pazhamala Facilitating Dr Ellen Hewitt, Ms Samatha Aspinall., Ms Helen Rajabi Early Career Networking event (12-15 people) 9.30-12.30 ish Faciliated and delivered by Dr Ged Hall OPDL To bring together CPS early career researchers and their ICRISAT counterparts to network and consider collaborations especially those that could be catalyzed by the India Partnering Award. ICRISAT participants Pooja Sooni Aamir Khan CPS participants from the 12 PhD students/post docs currently signed up to day 1 Lunch 12.45 14.00 Depart for University for tour of facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-sciences/news/article/157/prof-alison-baker-awarde... |