DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 1 (WP1) - Increased efficiency and sustainability

Lead Research Organisation: Rothamsted Research
Department Name: UNLISTED

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Technical Summary

Increasing yield, both intrinsic yield and closing of the yield gap, must be achieved with increased efficiency and sustainability with regard to fertiliser and water input. Increased yield and efficiency in both higher and lower yielding environments, in present and future climates, requires genetic improvements in yield traits per se, as well as in tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses. WP1 addresses two topics with shared objectives across the wheat and other JIC, RRes, EI and IFR programmes. Both require intensive high throughput field phenotyping, aided by the newly- established unique RRes and JIC facilities for in-field automated phenotyping, focussed on wheat research and employed to evaluate novel germplasm, including donor germplasm, segregating and TILLING populations. WP1 also includes further development of specific automated high throughput field phenotyping methodologies for monitoring wheat performance, the genetic dissection of key traits and the development of improved germplasm. Exploiting these approaches, WP1 researchers will dissect a range of traits using the germplasm and other resources developed within DFW. These traits include those involved in tolerance to drought and temperature stress, root and shoot development, crop height, inflorescence and grain architecture, seed size and architecture, root response to nutrient availability, use of nitrogen and other nutrients. The effect of these traits on biomass, and the potential and stability of grain yield, will be quantified.

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Description Summary
During the project, we have provided BBSRC with a google.doc site, which lists all DFW outputs (including data access sites, germplasm generated, datasets generated, publications, and public engagement activities). This document is updated on a regular basis. All the objectives during the DFW reporting period have been met, and many exceeded. All the committees within DFW are running including the key data coordination task force (DCTF) and Breeder's toolkit committees, both with WP1 representation. A second annual open day was held at Rothamsted in 2019 and included substantial inputs and field demonstrations from WP1. Face to face interactions, for example a DFW open day and demonstrations at Cereals 2020, both of which were cancelled, were limited in 2020 by Covid-19. However with less restrictions in place in 2021, the Cereals event was attended and 1:1 presentations were made to UK government cabinet members. Specific highlights from WP1 are: Highlights include: modelling climate impacts, new insights into how key genes (NAM1, Rht8, FT-1, NAM-1) alter the development of wheat during stem extension or grain filling with positive effects on grain number/size, and so yield and the development of new crop monitoring approaches. We implemented a haplotype-based approach across wheat cultivars which has revealed several important points for breeding. (1) We found that gene-based sequences alone were insufficient to fully differentiate between wheat haplotypes, as were commonly used array-based genotyping chips due to their gene centric design. (2) We showed that breeders have actively selected for a large region on chromosome 6A which limits potential yield gains by limiting genetic diversity in UK germplasm. (3) We successfully used the haplotype-based approach for a focused discovery of novel haplotypes from the Watkins landrace collection and documented their potential for trait improvement in modern bread wheat. These results also provide a framework for defining and exploiting haplotypes to increase the efficiency and precision of wheat breeding towards optimising its agronomic performance, as well as adaptation for target and for future environments.
Specific achievements broken down into the various objectives are listed below:
Work Package 1: Increased Efficiency and Sustainability
Topic 1.1: Optimising ideotype (2017-2022)
• Yield variability winter wheat in European cropping systems was investigated using multiple crop models
• Modelling analysis of genetic yield potential and yield gaps
• The genetic yield potential of wheat in Europe under 2050 climate was estimated by designing in silico wheat ideotypes based on genetic variation in existing wheat germplasm. Wheat ideotypes showed a substantial increase in yield, up to 90%, compared to current local cultivars. Ideotype design is a powerful tool for estimating crop genetic yield potential in target environments and providing traits for improvements to accelerate breeding.
• Identification of a gene for providing high and low temperature tolerance during meiosis.
• Wheat recognizes a long day as ~13 hours. We identified varieties that still see 13 hours as a short day.
• We are identifying genes controlling this flexibility of drilling date.
• Discovery of two new genes that increase crop height.
• Studied the effect of high temperature on wheat development and yield using two UK wheat genotypes showing different levels of sensitivity to heat stress.
• The Ph1 story was completed after 60 years, in terms of identifying the gene within the Ph1 locus responsible for controlling homoeologous recombination through use of CRISPR mutants.
• Practical studies on impacts of heat stress initiated including physiological and RNAseq data
• Work with CIMMYT on drought stresses initiated
• From a comparative analysis of two UK bread wheat varieties under high temperature stress, a range of compounds (metabolites) was identified that enhance the capacity for detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which form under stress.
• Drone-based thermal imagery giving insights into drought responses of a mapping population
• On wheat polyploidisation, the major meiotic gene, ZIP4, duplicated from its chromosome group 3 location and inserted into chromosome 5B. We have shown previously that this copy of ZIP4 on 5B (ZIP4 5B) promotes homologous pairing and crossover and suppresses homoeologous crossover. We therefore thought that ZIP4 5B could have a major role in stabilising fertility in this polyploid crop. During the reporting period, we showed that 56% of the meiocytes exhibited meiotic abnormalities, leading to 50% of tetrads possessing micronuclei, 50% of the pollen being small, and a near 50% reduction in grain number in wheat carrying a deletion of ZIP4 5B. Thus, the duplication of ZIP4 (ZIP4 5B) is indeed responsible for preserving up to 50% of grain number in wheat.
• Identification of lines from NIAB's synthetic wheat programme which are drought resistant, whilst also having reasonable yields without drought. Preliminary data from drought trial has already been used in a successful European Plant Phenotyping Network application to study drought recovery and additionally used to identify lines for a WUE experiment to be carried out at the University of Lincoln Canopy architecture and phenology:
• Identification of phenotypes for stacked loss-of-function mutations in GA2ox9 (increased height) and GA3ox2 (extreme, non-flowering dwarf).
• Inclusion of ten new Rht-1 dwarfing alleles in the Breeder's Toolkit.
• Triple mutants of GA20ox underdevelopment as well as gene edited lines
• One Rht-1 allele has been identified as potentially providing a significant resistance to preharvest sprouting. A new GA-insensitive dwarfing gene discovered, acting downstream of Rht-1.
• A field experiment has shown that mutations in GA20ox2 (rice Semidwarf-1) give a height reduction of 20-30%, depending on the strength of the D mutant allele and, in contrast to Rht-1 alleles, show good pollen release. These semi-dwarfing alleles might be useful alternatives to Rht-1, especially for hybrid wheat production.
• Back-crossing mutations in various genes in GA (GA20ox4, GA3ox2, GA2ox4, GA2ox9, EUI) and strigolactone (D14, D3, SPL14, TB1) signalling. Preliminary glasshouse data show various effects on architecture, particularly culm height and tiller number.
• Stacking of mutations in ABA 8-hydroxylase-1, which is involved in ABA turnover, in both red- and white-grained lines. Experiments to assess pre-harvest sprouting sensitivity indicate that partial loss of ABA turnover results in an increase in dormancy and resistance to PHS
• Scanalyzer-derived data identified multiple development specific QTL for height (growth) Reproductive development: • Continued development of germplasm containing variant alleles of TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1), to test for the effect of these alleles on multiple yield-related traits. • Forward genetics screen has identified an amino acid transporter as a key regulator of spikelet architecture.
• Investigation of QTL on chromosome 2DS that regulates wheat spikelet architecture, narrowing the QTL interval and five candidate genes identified.
• VERNALIZATION1 (VRN1) was shown to genetically regulate the flowering time response of winter wheat to rising ambient temperatures.
Optimising ideotype (April 2022 to March 2023):
Determine effects of high temperature on meiosis and seed set
• The wheat homologue of the Arabidopsis ATR gene, known to be involved in meiosis, was targeted in cv Fielder using CRISPR/
• 8 out of 11 regenerated lines were confirmed to be true transgenic based on the PCR-genotyping results. They are currently being genotyped for the presence of the CRISPR/Cas-induced indels in the ATR gene.
• CRISPR/Cas DNA constructs are being assembled for overexpressing the wheat homologue of the Arabidopsis ASY1 gene, known to be involved in meiosis, using the SunTag system.
• A binary plasmid containing the SunTag components has been assembled and transformed into wheat cv. Fielder using the Agrobacterium method. T0 regenerants are currently being grown up and should be available for genotyping.
• We have now identified a 'separation of function' ZIP4 5B mutant, which has lost the 'suppression of crossover between related chromosomes' phenotype, despite retaining the homologous pairing effect. This mutant is also meiotically stable, confirming the importance of the homologous pairing effect of ZIP4 5B in stabilising wheat, rather than the suppression of crossover between related chromosomes, previously proposed by Sir Ralph Riley.
• The current meiotic literature states that ZIP4 as a ZMM protein is required for just class I meiotic crossovers, which represent around 85% of crossovers during meiosis. However, ZIP4 is not required by the remaining 15% of crossovers (Class II crossovers). Tetraploid wheat possesses three ZIP4 copies. There are two copies, one on each of the group 3 chromosomes, 3A and 3B, and a third copy duplicated from 3B on chromosome 5B (ZIP4 5B). We have created a double mutant for both the 3A and 3B copies, which as expected eliminates 85% of crossovers. However, the triple mutant (also including ZIP4 5B) eliminates virtually all meiotic crossovers. This implies that contrary to the literature, in wheat, ZIP4 (5B) is required for class II crossovers as well. This data is being written up for publication.
Literature reports that the loss of chromosome 5D in the wheat variety Chinese spring leads to disruption of its meiosis and complete sterility when the plants are subjected to low temperatures (below 13 degrees C). Previously, we have mapped this effect to a 4Mb region of chromosome 5D containing the major meiotic gene Dmc1. We also observed that loss of this 4Mb region resulted in disrupted meiosis when plants are grown at either low or high temperatures. We have generated CRISPR Dmc1 5D deletion mutant in Chinese Spring and have used this mutant to now demonstrate that this 5D allele is responsible for providing cold and heat tolerance. This data is being written up for publication.
Wheat ideotype design for target environments
• A computational framework for wheat ideotype design based on the Sirius crop model has been completed and tested in diverse European environments for current and future climates.

Identify stem extension and phenology genes
• Inclusion of NIAB germplasm in Rothamsted 2022 phenotyping trials; phenology also assessed within NIAB's wider 2022 DFW germplasm screening as traits for GWAS.
• We published work on a gene which affects basal spikelet development and flowering (High expression of the MADS-box gene VRT2 increases the number of rudimentary basal spikelets in wheat) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac156.
• Inspired by the paper above, we have conducted RNA-Seq of central and basal sections of spikes to see variation within a spike at different time points. Analysis is ongoing.
• Epistasis studies have demonstrated that a new gibberellin signalling gene acts downstream of RHT-1 to control stem elongation.
• Publication on changes in phytohormone and transcriptional profiles during wheat leaf expansion following water restriction.

Modify inflorescence to improve wheat yield
• We identified micro-RNA resistant alleles of the homeobox domain transcription factor, HB-2, which modify wheat inflorescence architecture and vascular development to improve grain protein content. These alleles are now being investigated in CIMMYT and Australian breeding programs. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn5907.
• We have map based cloned a QTL on chromosome 2DS that regulates inflorescence architecture in wheat to reduce spikelet branching, potentially contributing to improved yield-related traits (e.g., floret fertility).
• We created a high-throughput phenotyping approach to quantify wheat stigma and ovary morphology. We demonstrate the suitability of the approach, which uses light-microscopy imaging and machine learning, for the analysis of floral organ traits in field-grown plants using fresh and fixed samples. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.200889
• We investigated basal spikelet development in UK winter wheat cultivars, and VRT-A2 NILs, using shading applications in the field. We propose that basal spikelet abortion is most likely the consequence of complete floret abortion as both are happening at the same time and have the same response to shading treatments. Furthermore, we found that the developmental age of florets pre-abortion is an important factor for their likelihood to survive abortion. This work will be posted on bioRxiv shortly.

Identify genes and alleles controlling grain size and yield
• We have recently published the cloning of the P2 gene which affects grain length and spike architecture (The Triticum ispahanicum elongated glume locus P2 maps to chromosome 6A and is associated with the ectopic expression of SVP-A1) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04114-y.
• A publication of a mutant line with altered spikelet number and grain protein content (MicroRNA-resistant alleles of HOMEOBOX DOMAIN-2 modify inflorescence branching and increase grain protein content of wheat) https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn5907.
• We have conducted RNA-Seq of developing carpels and are trying to link this with grain size.
• Year 3 field assessment of Rht-1 and GA wheat mutants for yield and associated traits is in progress. Additional new mutants with altered gibberellin metabolism have been included in these yield plots.
• A family of transcription factors downstream of T6P has been identified in the regulation of grain size.
Topic 1.2: Enhancing resource use (2017-2022)
• Identification of new genes and biological processes that influence the formation of grain-producing florets in wheat, and that the variation for these genes can improve the nutritional content of grain by boosting protein levels. Work has identified genes that transport nitrogen-based nutrients around the plant, providing genetic insights into how we might be able to grow plants with less fertilizer inputs.
• Importance of T6P metabolism being investigated in diversity panels and for precursor treatments in field trials Soil/root interactions:
• X-ray imaging has determined that wheat root elongation behaviour is regulated by soil bulk density.
• Field experiments found genotypic effects with respect to soil water uptake.
• Comparison of the growth of wheat exposed to root impedance, either by a confining pressure in a sand culture experiment or by soil drying, at a range of nitrate availabilities.
• Extraction of undisturbed 1m soil columns for X-ray Computed Tomography imaging to reveal in situ root-soil interactions. Multiple (>60) field cores (1m depth) taken from DFW trials in 2019 at Rothamsted and scanned using Nottingham X- ray CAT scanner. Root analysis in progress.
• Electrical resistance tomography under Scanalyzer used to measure root activity
• Interactions between root impedance and P-availability investigated
• Modelling of penetrometer resistance completed
• Links between soil moisture and root length distribution determined
• Soil structure accounts for c.60% of the variation in root number density at depth in soil across a range of genotypes (greater than any differences between genotype alone suggesting the importance of the soil environment on root behaviour). Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE):
• Analysis of an N-related pathway in wheat varieties to establish (i) response to N fertilizer application and capture of N, and (ii) to retain N within the plant under drought stress.
• Genome-wide identification, phylogeny and expression profile of the Nitrate/Peptide Transporter gene family • Trehalose 6-phosphate shown to coordinate sink strength with photosynthesis through regulation of sucrose transport.
• The DFW toolkit, including Breeders Toolkit (150-300 lines per year) in field trials for performance in multiple years (2017-21).
• The Paragon x Chinese Spring population was screened under the Rothamsted field scanalyzer, leading to the identification of growth-stage specific QTL.
• Nitrogen variety trials undertaken under Scanalyzer to investigate dynamics of responses to N-application
• Genetic diversity in GS and links to N losses in wheat investigated
• Ammonia losses measured in relation to apoplastic ammonia levels and nitrogen fertilizer application
• Detailed analysis of genes families for specific amino acid and nitrate transporters (NPF) in wheat completed
• Further analysis of specific amino acid transporters for their role in delivery of N to grain seed
• A recent publication examined 'A roadmap for lowering crop N requirements' Innovative technologies: in-field phenotyping:
• Optimized development of cost-effective phenotyping and phenotypic analysis.
• Low-cost ground-based technology developed using raspberry pi devices (Crop Quant)
• New algorithms for identification and quantification of specific wheat growth phases from images developed using Scanalyzer data extended to any RGB image capture device including drone based
• Substantial application of machine learning and deep learning approaches adopted for wheat crop image analysis
• Electrical resistance tomography under Scanalyzer used to measure root activity
• Breeders Toolkit (BTK) material extensively phenotyped at both John Innes and Rothamsted using drone technology and under phenotyping gantries at both sites
• Practical algorithms developed for automated counting of wheat ears in images of plots
• Development of algorithms to adjust for sunlit and shaded areas of canopies in images, necessary for calculation of multiple vegetative indices.
• Improved methods to extract information on canopy development and senescence from drone captured images
• Development of drone-based thermal imagery to evaluate water use in trials
• Development of protocols for imaging individual leaf thermal measurements (using the Scanalyzer) to compare with drone acquired data
Enhancing resource use (Apr 2022-Mar 2023)
Identify underpinning genes for root response to nutrient availability
• A paper submitted on N-responsive transcriptome and metabolome of selected Watkins lines with diverse root and field NUE characteristics.
• We have conducted RNA-seq of the flag-leaf post-anthesis for Watkins landrace-derived NILs and Paragon under low N and high N field conditions and are trying to link this with N-utilization efficiency.

Describing root distributions in field soil cores
• 3 publications in preparation. One focused on a lab experiment looking at compaction x water content impacts on early wheat growth. One focused on a nitrogen experiment with some interesting results concerning genotypic variation. One focused on soil structure impacts on different genotypes with 3 years of data. (Also a paper in prep on imaging wheat ears under different N treatments). All to be submitted before April 2023 if not earlier.
December 2022
• We measured root-length density on a number of wheat lines and changes in soil moisture at hourly intervals at different soil depths in Woburn. We are calculating root water uptake and use to phenotype roots

Generate required datasets to improve accuracy of QTL
• Field trials of Watkins, NAM panels and biparental crosses all being grown at Rothamsted and Brooms Barn farms and being phenotyped by ground and drone observations. All data going into GrassRoots.
• The Zn-NAM panel with 400 Paragon x Watkins lines was grown at both Rothamsted and Brooms Barn. Grain yield at final harvest was measured and grain samples kept for mineral and thousand grain weight analysis. Mineral analysis is complete, once thousand grain weight has been measured the complete dataset will be analysed for QTL. All data is being prepared in Grassroots format.

Increased Efficiency and Sustainability (April 2022-March 2023)
1. Use the Sirius wheat framework to assess genetic yield potential and yield gap across wheat mega environments by optimising wheat ideotypes under current and future climates
• Genetic yield gap was estimated as 51% across global wheat mega environments by optimising wheat ideotypes under current climates demonstrating that global wheat production could be doubled by genetic improvement without increasing global wheat area (published in Nature Food).
• Genetic wheat yield potential under future climate across key wheat growing areas was estimated. Results in preparation for Nature Climate Change
• Vulnerability of wheat to heat and drought stresses during reproductive development was estimated across major what areas under climate change using the latest CMIP6-based climate scenarios. (Results in preparation for Nature Sustainability).
• The best performing doubled haploid crosses with an increased canopy photosynthesis from wheat field experiments in the literature were extrapolated to the global scale with a multi-model ensemble of process-based wheat crop models to estimate global wheat production. The multi-model ensemble projected a global annual wheat production of 1050 Mt due to the improved canopy photosynthesis (a 37% increase) without expanding cropping area. (published in Env Res Letters).
• We explored the performance of an ensemble of 29 wheat crop models to predict the effect of changing sowing dates and rates on yield and yield components, on two sites located in a high-yielding environment in New Zealand. We show that models simulate seasonal growth of wheat well under standard sowing conditions but fails under early sowing and high sowing rates. Models need to better account for tiller competition for light, nutrients, and water during vegetative growth, and early tiller senescence and tiller mortality, which are exacerbated by early sowing, high sowing densities, and warmer winter temperatures. (published in J. Exp. Botany).

2. The initial characterisation of genes affecting yield, yield stability and efficiency including exploitation of TILLING and GE (All); initial characterisation of the role of a trehalose phosphate synthase gene in grain size using gene editing (GE), TILLING and spikelet imaging.
• We have phenotyped the T1 segregating population of trehalose 6-phosphate synthase 7 (tps7) mutant lines (generated using CRISPR/Cas) and identified a number of interesting phenotypes characterised by changes in spike morphology and seed size .
• We are currently in process of linking the phenotype of the T1 segregants to their genotype by genotyping for CRISPR/Cas-induced indels, in the three TPS7 genes, using PCR and Sanger sequencing
• We have delivered single and double TPS7 mutants to CG and MP. We have also assembled sextuple TPS7 mutants which we are bulking and will send to CG and MP in October.
• The method for X-ray imaging of spikelet morphology has successfully been developed and ready for use when material is available.
• Sextuple mutants ready for characterisation

3. Screening Watkins accessions (up to 827) for new alleles and candidate genes that impact wheat canopy and root architecture, grain size and spike architecture traits, including basal spikelet floret sterility using glasshouse and field trials, exploiting the Rothamsted Scanalyzer for whole growth cycle analysis and RNA-Seq of selected lines).
• 800 lines of Watkins grown under the Scanalyzer, data collected weekly until early June after which severe lodging issues.
• 600 Watkins lines grown in triplicated field plots also being phenotyped
• We are currently growing the Watkins lines at JIC for grain morphometrics and spike architecture characterisation.
• The Watkins core collection (119 lines) has been screened for sensitivity to gibberellins (GAs) and a subset analysed for gibberellin metabolic profiles. Lines showing altered GA response and metabolism profiles have been identified.
• We have phenotyped the Watkins lines from the field experiment and are currently conducting haplotype-based GWAS analysis on them.
• The Watkins core collection (119 lines) has been screened for sensitivity to gibberellins (GAs) and a subset analysed for gibberellin metabolic profiles. Lines showing altered GA response and metabolism profiles have been identified.
• 618 Watkins lines were grown in a replicated field experiment and phenotyped for anthesis date, height, grain and straw yield at final harvest. Grain and straw samples were saved for mineral analysis, grain samples for thousand grain weight. Drones with hyper and multispectral sensors were also used throughout the growing season for capture of growth trait data. The experiment is to be grown for three years, then the data used for GWAS analysis.
• The full population was grown in unreplicated plots under the Rothamsted Scanalyser and phenotyped through the growing season to anthesis.
• Selected Watkins accessions were validated for altered GA-responsive seedling growth and three lines selected for further characterisation. Screening of Paragon NAM lines will commence when seed is available in early 2023

4. Characterise new Rht-1 dwarfing specific alleles for preharvest sprouting resistance better than currently available alleles (e.g. Rht2/Rht-D1b) (Cadenza and introgressed elite lines).
• ST: A third year assessing new Rht-1 and gibberellin 'architecture' mutants in yield plots is ongoing. Assessment of grain dormancy, HFN will be complete by Dec 2023.
• Dormancy assays conducted on grain harvested from Rht-1 field trial (year 2) has identified selected alleles that show increased dormancy and may have the potential to improve PHS resistance.
• Phenotypic data collected from 28 Rht-1 and gibberellin 'architecture' mutants. Dwarfing alleles demonstrating consistent effects on architecture and grain yield have been identified, including those that are higher yielding than Rht-D1b in the Cadenza background. More detailed spike phenotyping has been conducted to establish the spatial effects on grain number/ spikelet.

5. Integrating a functional root model that takes account of soil structure into a crop model using Sirius and X-ray CT scan data and a preliminary investigation of rooting depth in novel phytohormone mutants
• Preliminary experiment complete. New high resolution imaging method for comparing rhizosphere v bulk soil developed. Preliminary pore scale modelling has revealed differences in structure are considerable and confer significant impacts on water dynamics. Full experiment from large field cores collected in 2021 has now begun. Imaging will be complete end of Aug 22, Modelling by end of 22 and paper by end of April 23.
• Full experiment from large field cores collected in 2021 has been completed. Modelling data is now coming through, early results are positive. Some further data will be collected early 2023 followed by some more modelling. All experimental work and analysis will be completed by end of April 23 and a paper ready for submission by end of summer 2023.
• The modelling work focused on two areas: Firstly, we have investigated the physical property change in the rhizosphere with images from UoN; secondly, we have explored the response of root water uptake to rainfall. For the former, we identified significant increase in the ability of the rhizosphere soil to transport and store water, and for the latter we found that the change in topsoil water content functions as a signal regulating the hydraulic architecture of roots and how roots take up water from the whole soil profile.
We calculated hydraulic properties of the bulk and rhizosphere soils of wheat using CT images acquired by Nottingham from undisturbed soil cores; the results showed a considerable difference though the variance was big; we have started to investigate the consequence of this change for resource uptake.
• Experimentally, we have sown a diverse selection of wheat hormone mutants that are altered in gibberellin, ethylene, auxin and strigolactone signalling at Woburn to establish their effects on root length and distribution. In addition, we have set up a logged soil moisture monitoring experiment on commercial wheat at Woburn. On this experiment we will measure root length distribution periodically and use the soil moisture data to estimate root length density using the method we developed.
• Field grown gibberellin, ethylene, auxin and strigolactone signalling mutants have been assessed for rooting depth and differences observed.
• The root model is ready for integrating with the SIRUS model.
• Two papers in progress with one under review by PCE and one more planned.

6. Implementation of a new low-cost portable phenotyping device
• A Plotcam implemented and tested (3D camera, RGB camera, accelerometer etc).
• PH: Inclusion of NIAB germplasm in Rothamsted 2022 phenotyping trials; also testing NIAB's own low-cost portable system to track canopy development within NIAB's wider 2022 DFW germplasm screening.
• The handheld plotcam was assembled and used on the 2022 Watkins field experiment to collect RGB imagery for extraction of canopy cover data and to compare the data with imagery simultaneously collected from drones.
• Automated workflows for data extraction and time course analysis are being implemented.
• Finely detailed 3D-imaging of wheat ears being investigated to complement X-ray CT analysis.
Exploitation Route • Breeders are using germplasm and molecular markers to produce new wheat varieties
• Data from phenotyping and final yield performance is available on GrassRoots: https://grassroots.tools/dfw/
• Suppressor screens have led to the identification of around 40 novel Rht-1 dwarfing mutations. Many other alleles are in the pipeline and backcrossing to remove excess mutations is in progress. These novel alleles are much in demand by the wheat breeders.
• Root exudates may play and important role in metering water up take by roots.
• Improved workflow for drone imaging especially using thermal imagery useful for drone-based crop monitoring providers.
• Modelling predicts that drought tolerance during reproductive development is important for achieving higher yield potentials and greater yield stability for wheat under future climate change in Europe
• New algorithms for rapid crop phenotyping may be adopted by the breeding industry to advanced crop improvement
• Very important implications for breeders to consider the 'field soil' environment during screening and development of new lines. Furthermore, recommendations on soil management to maximise the development of biopores at depth in soil could have important agronomic consequences which will be demonstrated over time.
• The design of wheat ideotypes could provide an effective roadmap for plant scientists and breeders to identify target traits for crop improvement and genetic adaptation to maximise wheat yields under future climates.
• The availability of new improved dwarfing alleles for wheat breeders.
• Alleles have been identified that increases GPC by 25%, and in the process, as well as other inflorescence architecture genes that boost GPC. We anticipate these will be of interest to breeding companies that aim to increase the quality of grain. Similarly, our work on an amino acid transporter has provided insights into how plants respond to nutrient input conditions, which may lead to genetic strategies for improving nitrogen use efficiency in crops. This work will require additional funding, development of germplasm and cooperation with breeders.
• We have developed backcrossed (to BC3), stacked mutation in the three homoeologues of numerous genes in wheat hormone signalling pathways, including GA, ABA and SL. A number of these have potential for use in crop improvement to modify various aspects of crop architecture and environmental responses. These lines throw light on the role of plant hormones in controlling crop development and the response to the environment and will be invaluable in further investigation of these processes.
• Identified compounds protective against oxidative stress may be targeted for breeding and further investigated as potential beneficial agro-chemicals.
• Findings from drought trial being used as preliminary data for future funding application with University of Essex focused on drought recovery and photosynthesis
• We have shared the germplasm for the novel P1 allele and the new Watkins haplotypes for chromosome 6A with the UK and international breeding community through the WP3 Breeders' Toolkit. We have also shared germplasm with the IWYP US hub.
• We have made all genetic markers and associated information available through publications.
• We have had 1-to-1 meetings with four major wheat breeding companies to go in depth into the haplotype-based approach and how they can use this within their breeding programmes. This is now being further developed for future research programmes on how to implement these approaches.
• We developed a haplotype visualisation browser (www.crop-haplotype.com) to allow users to work with the data in an interactive manner. This will allow its more effective use within research and industrial programmes.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Environment

URL https://designingfuturewheat.org.uk/
 
Description Findings have been used in terms of delivery of results and germplasm to stakeholders (breeders, CIMMYT), sharing of data, creation of a spin-out company and multiple examples of media engagement. Delivery of germplasm Key to this work package of DFW is trait dissection, mechanistic understanding of processes involved, germplasm development and delivery to industry via WP3. This includes germplasm and markers for increased yield through altered phenology, new diagnostic haplotypes for alternative semi-dwarfing genes, new QTL and nitrogen use efficiency for grain yield. All useful traits are incorporated in the Breeders Toolkit and directly accessed by breeders. • There is significant commercial interest in novel alleles of wheat architecture genes. Novel mutants in genes involved in gibberellin biosynthesis and signalling are being introgressed into winter and spring cultivar to be assessed as alternatives to Rht-1 dwarfing alleles. A further 5 Rht-1 (15 in total) have been included in the BTK. All alleles are currently being introgressed into 3 elite varieties. • Provision of germplasm to CIMMYT for improved grain quality traits such as improved GPC, which includes alleles detected in the Cadenza TILLING population. We have also continued to work with KWS for a floret architecture trait, and the outcomes of this work is contributing to a patent application. • We recently cloned the P1 gene which affects glume, floral organ size and grain weight (Adamski et al 2020 bioRxiv). We introduced the novel allele into the DFW WP3 Breeders' Toolkit and this was found to increase grain weight, albeit not grain yield. Importantly though, we found significant increases across sites for specific weight, which is an important breeding target. • We worked to decipher the genetics of a major grain yield effect on chromosome 6A (Brinton et al 2020 Communications Biology). We used a haplotype-based approach and found that breeders have maintained multiple genes as an intact chromosome 6A haplotype to maximise phenotypic expression and have consequently limited genetic diversity across the chromosome. We used this information to identify additional haplotypes across this region which have a potentially beneficial effect and have not been tested in UK agriculture. These three novel haplotypes have been incorporated into the DFW WP3 Academic Toolkit and as such will be evaluated shortly. • Lines from the NIAB drought trial with good performance under drought were shared with University of Lincoln for water use efficiency (WUE) studies. • Phenotyping of performance of all lines in the Academic and Breeders Toolkits achieved as part of WP1 and data is delivered to WP3 and the breeders. Take up of technology by industry Improvements in automated phenotyping (drone technology, algorithms) allows more detailed and higher throughput of germplasm screening. Considerable industry interest is being shown in algorithms developed and in possible roll out of drone-based technology. Development of spin-out company Formation of spinout company SugaROx, which has now been registered with Companies House Media engagement BBC Radio 4, Farmers Weekly, Farming UK, CPM Magazine, Western Morning News and Devon Live report on research showing subsidies paid to farmers for protecting the environment will lead to more stable incomes compared to other forms of payment (Harkness et al 2021, Stability of farm income: the role of agricultural diversity and agri-environment scheme payments. Agricultural Systems, 187: 103009). Appearances on Country File and Channel 4 Food Unwrapped TV programmes amongst others. Sharing of data All data is being placed in a common DFW data depository (Grassroots) with free access. Data from NIAB drought trial has been shared with the Semenov group to be incorporated into the Sirius crop model which will be widely applied, and additionally data was used as part of a successful European Plant Phenotyping Network application. Presentations have been made at multiple international meetings, at the annual Defra WGIN Stakeholders meeting and at the key industry sector event, Cereals, when held, including in 2021 and 2022.
First Year Of Impact 2017
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)
Impact Types Societal

Economic

 
Description A course on climate change impacts for PhD students and earlier career scientists
Geographic Reach Europe 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact not known
 
Description Commons Science and Technology Committee MJ Hawkesford
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
URL https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/8b99e94d-2ee6-4ffd-8eb7-f99a25e4ca5c
 
Description Defra public consultation on Gene Editing
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description co-hosted visit by George Eustice MP
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Catalysing collaborations between wheat scientists in the UK and Central Asia
Amount £10,081 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/R020981/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2018 
End 06/2018
 
Title Novel wheat germplasm for manipulation of crop height and response to stress 
Description Gene Pathway Role Alleles Current Generation Phenotype GA20ox1 GA GA biosynthesis A1b.B1b.D1c BC4F3 Semidwarf, 88% of WT height; field trial 2020 GA20ox2 GA GA biosynthesis A2b.B2b.D2b BC3F3 Semidwarf, 87% of WT height; field trial 2020 GA20ox4 GA GA biosynthesis A4b.B4b.D4c BC0F2 Semidwarf GA3ox2 GA GA biosynthesis A2b.B2b.D2b BC3F3 Extreme GA-deficient dwarf GA3ox3 GA GA biosynthesis A3b.B3c BC3F3 Low grain GA levels; no effect on seed development GA1ox1 GA GA modulation B1d BC5F3 High grain GA levels; no effect on seed development GA2ox3 GA GA inactivation A3b.B3b.D3b BC3F3 7% taller than WT Cadenza at BC3F3 GA2ox4 GA GA inactivation A1b.B1b.D1b BC3F1 t.b.d. GA2ox9 GA GA inactivation A9c.B9c.D9b BC3F1 ~10% taller than WT at BC0F2 EUI-1 GA GA inactivation A1b.B1c.D1c BC3F1 Elongated upper internodes ABA8OH1 ABA ABA inactivation A1c.B1b.D1b BC2F3 Evidence of increased seed dormancy D14 SL Strigolactone receptor A1b.B1b.D1b BC3F3 High tillering semi-dwarf D3 SL SL F-box B1c.D1d BC3F3 High tillering semi-dwarf D53 SL SL effector B1c (GOF) BC0F2 No phenotype observed SPL14 SL Shoot branching B1b (GOF) BC2F1 Low tillering, thicker culms SPL17 SL Shoot branching A1b (GOF) BC0F2 No phenotype observed TB1 SL Shoot branching A1b.B1b.D1b BC3F1 tbd IPI1 SL Shoot branching A1b.B1b.D1b BC0F2 No phenotype observed 
Type Of Material Biological samples 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact progress for Giberellin genes controlling plant and grain architecture 
 
Title LARS-WG stochastic weather generator 
Description LARS-WG 6.0, a stochastic weather generator, is a computationally inexpensive downscaling tool to generate local scale climate scenarios based on global or regional climate models for impact assessments of climate change 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact LARS-WG has been used in more than 75 countries for research and education. The current version of LARS-WG incorporates climate projections from the CMIP5 ensemble used in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. LARS-WG has been well validated in diverse climates around the world. 
 
Title Sirius crop model 
Description Sirius is a process-based crop simulation model. Initially developed for wheat, Sirius has been extended to model inter-plant competition and other species. 
Type Of Material Computer model/algorithm 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Sirius is a well validated model and was able to simulate accurately crop growth in a wide range of environments, including Europe, USA, New Zealand and Australia, and for experiments of climate change, e.g. Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiments. 
 
Description A meeting between CIMMYT and DFW funded by BMGF to discuss collaboration projects 
Organisation International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)
Country Mexico 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution I organised a meeting funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought together members of the BBSRC's coordinated wheat programme (Designing Future Wheat) with members of CIMMYT (who breed wheat for the resource poor in the developing world), discuss potential opportunities for interaction. These opportunities are taken forward by writing proposals for Newton , GCRF or IWYP funding calls
Collaborator Contribution See above
Impact This interaction is still ongoing between members of BBSRC's coordinated wheat programme (Designing Future Wheat) and researchers within CIMMYT with proposals being written for IWYP and Newton calls
Start Year 2018
 
Description C Lambing - Aberystwyth University 
Organisation Aberystwyth University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution UK PhD project proposal - we are at the interview stage to select a candidate
Collaborator Contribution UK PhD project proposal - we are at the interview stage to select a candidate
Impact none yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - CNRS 
Organisation National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS)
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution International lab meetings, share knowledge and resources between our labs, collaborate on projects and grant applications
Collaborator Contribution International lab meetings, share knowledge and resources between our labs, collaborate on projects and grant applications
Impact none yet
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - ETH 
Organisation ETH Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Collaborator Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Impact Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Start Year 2020
 
Description C Lambing - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 
Organisation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC)
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Collaborator Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Impact Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Start Year 2021
 
Description C Lambing - IPK 
Organisation IPK Gatersleben
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaborate on projects and grant applications
Collaborator Contribution Collaborate on projects and grant applications
Impact Collaborate on projects and grant applications
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - KWS 
Organisation KWS UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Share expertise. KWS is supporting my research and grant applications
Collaborator Contribution Share expertise. KWS is supporting my research and grant applications
Impact Share expertise. KWS is supporting my research and grant applications
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - Pohang University of Science and Technology 
Organisation Pohang University of Science and Technology
Country Korea, Republic of 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research activities - 1 research article was published in the EMBO Journal where we investigated the role of a heat shock protein on meiotic recombination
Collaborator Contribution Research activities - 1 research article was published in the EMBO Journal where we investigated the role of a heat shock protein on meiotic recombination
Impact Research activities - 1 research article was published in the EMBO Journal where we investigated the role of a heat shock protein on meiotic recombination
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - Reading University 
Organisation University of Reading
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution UK PhD project proposal - we are at the interview stage to select a candidate
Collaborator Contribution UK PhD project proposal - we are at the interview stage to select a candidate
Impact none
Start Year 2022
 
Description C Lambing - University of Tokyo 
Organisation University of Tokyo
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Collaborator Contribution Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Impact Research activities - 1 review on meiosis was published in Current Topics in Developmental Biology. I am the corresponding author on this review.
Start Year 2021
 
Description Malcolm Hawkesford and Nicolas Virlet visit Nanjing Agricultural University to discuss phenotyping technologies and possibilities for collaboration. 
Organisation Nanjing Agricultural University
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution visit to NAU for discussion of phenotyping technologies and possibilities for collaboration, April 22-26, 2018
Collaborator Contribution discussions will be held for collaboration
Impact no outputs yet
Start Year 2018
 
Description Partnership with CIMMYT 
Organisation International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT)
Country Mexico 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Matthew Paul has a wheat heat stress field study with CIMMYT, Mexico
Collaborator Contribution Matthew Paul has a wheat heat stress field study with CIMMYT, Mexico
Impact publications
Start Year 2022
 
Description collaboration with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 
Organisation Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution This collaboration was initiated through discussions with Simon Griffiths with a view to exploiting WATSEQ data to identify allelic variation in phytohormone signalling that affects canopy architecture in Watkins landrace accessions.
Collaborator Contribution Exploitation of WATSEQ data to identify allelic variation in phytohormone signalling that affects canopy architecture in Watkins landrace accessions.
Impact still ongoing
Start Year 2020
 
Description collaboration with Uni. Nebraska 
Organisation University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution still ongoing
Collaborator Contribution create link in-between both organizations to develop collaborative research program
Impact still ongoing
Start Year 2020
 
Description collaboration with University of Colorado 
Organisation University of Colorado
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Identification area of interest - create link in-between both organisation to develop collaborative research program
Collaborator Contribution Identification area of interest - create link in-between both organisation to develop collaborative research program
Impact still ongoing
Start Year 2020
 
Description 2nd Asian Pacific Plant Phenotyping Meeting, Nanjing 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford to give plenary talk at the meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description A Riche poster author 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Cudjoe D, Okyere F, Virlet N, Sadeghi-Tehran P, Castle M, Riche A, Mahda M, Ghanem M, Waine T, Mohareb F, Hawkesford M. Using proximal sensing parameters linked to the photosynthetic capacity to assess the nutritional status and yield in quinoa. III International Symposium on Mechanization, Precision Horticulture, and Robotics: Precision and Digital Horticulture in Field Environments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description A Riche presentation May 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IWYP UK-Canadian project - Project update presentation, May 2021 A Riche
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description AACC meeting, London October 2018, and visit to Rothamsted 
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 Malcolm Hawkesford and Peter Shewry organised, and Alison Lovegrove was an Invited speaker, AACC meeting, London. 21st-23rd October 2018
Delegates also visited the Scanalyser, Historic Archive and Classical Experiment plots at Rothamsted on 24th october
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Andrew Riche - presentation, WGIN November 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation: What can drones tell us?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Attendee at From Tree Physiology to Ecosystem Physiology Conference, Freiburg 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact From Tree Physiology to Ecosystem Physiology Symposium was organised by University of Freiburg to mark the retirement of Heinz Rennenberg.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Ben Sibbett poster: The role of RHT-1 and tapif3 in regulation chloroplast development in wheat 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monogram 2017, Bristol, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Bethany Ellis poster: The interaction of light and gibberellin in the control of wheat architecture 
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 Monogram 2017. Bristol UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Breeders Toolkit meeting Aug 2020 
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 meeting of the Breeders Toolkit August 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Breeders Toolkit meeting Feb 2021 
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 Breeders Toolkit meeting Feb 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Breeders Toolkit meeting Sept 2020 
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 Breeders Toolkit meeting Sept 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Breeders day, JIC 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford and Peter Shewry attended Breeders Day at JIC, 7th June
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description C Uauy invited speaker, Chile 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited Speaker at Granotec XXXII Seminario Internacional ICCT2019 Cereales y Legumbres
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description C Uauy presentation at Taica, Chile 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact C Uauy presented DFW at Universidad de Taica, Chile
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description CAAS delegation at Rothamsted 
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 Andrew Riche demonstrated drone technology, and Matthew Paul presented the trehelose project to a visiting delegation from CAAS at Rothamsted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description CAAS visitors to Scanalyser August 2019 
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 Chinese visitors from Chinese Academy Agricultural Sciences were visiting several research organizations in the UK. They are currently applying indoor phenotyping platform and remote sensing to their researches.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description CAU visit to RRes 
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 Andrew Riche presented DFW to Wegfeng Cong, from CAU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cara Griffiths SEB Gothenberg July 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation 'Increasing wheat yield and resilience using a novel trehalose 6-phosphate precursor'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Cara Griffiths presentation: BBSRC-SARIC meeting, November 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Increasing wheat drought tolerance and recovery throughout the life cycle through regulation of plant growth mechanisms
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Cereals 
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 attended Cereals 2017, on the BBSRC and Rothamsted stand showcasing phenotyping platforms and drones
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Cereals 2018 - A Lovegrove, T Pellny 
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 Heritage Wheat Exhibit.' Looking Back to the Future'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cereals 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 DFW was represented at Cereals 2019, Boothby Graffoe, Lincs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chairing wheat genetics symposium, Tuln, Austria 
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 Chaired a session of Wheat Genetic symposium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Chinese Academy of Sciences visit to Scanalyser, Sept 2019 
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 19th Sept 2019 visitors from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences to scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conference Poster, 7th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress,Rotterdam May 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Caroline Sparks presented a poster 'Use of the pre-assembled ribonucleoprotein (rnp)complex for gene editing of wheat and poplar' at 7th Plant Genomics and Gene editing Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 21st-22nd May 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conference organiser of PAG San Diego attracting 3800 plant and animal researchers 
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 I am on the organising committee of the largest plant and animal ag genomics conference attracting some 3800 researchers, policy makers, industry etc
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
 
Description Core skills workshop for Bioinformatics Community of Practice, BecA-ILRI, Kenya, Apr 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 C Uauy delivered training at a Core skills workshop for Bioinformatics Community of Practice, BecA-ILRI, Kenya, Apr 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Crop Protection and Platform Technologies meeting with Syngenta 
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 Engagement with Industry, discussion and planning
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description DFW BREEDERS TOOLKIT ANNUAL MEETING 
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 DFW Breeders Toolkit Annual Meeting - discussion and planning for Toolkit development and assessment, decisions on which to take forward; propose markers experiments; data handling;
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DFW Open Day June 2019 
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 Rothamsted hosted DFW Open Day on 20th June 2019.
Participants were given presentations on the project, and visited Rothamsted facilities. Tours of the field trial plots were held in the afternoon
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DFW Open Day, NIAB June 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Open Day for breeders at NIAB, 21st June 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description DFW Presentation to DEFRA chief science advisor 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A discussion of the outcomes and impact of WISP and DFW programmes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description DFW training course, 19-22 Nov 2018 
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 Andrew Riche, Pouria Sadhegi-Tehran, Nicolas Virlet (phenotyping) and Peter Shewry (grain quality) attended the DFW Training Course, JIC. 19th-22nd November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Drone demonstration, Herts Show 26th/27th May 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Andrew Riche demonstrated the use of drones at the Herts Show, Redbourne.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Durum wheat workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact M Hawkesford presented 'High throughput field phenotyping (HTP) of wheat' (plenary) at the workshop comprising PRIMA Projects on durum wheat (EXPLOWHEAT) and (IMPRESA), Uni. Tuscia, Italy. 21-22 Feb 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description ECOFE collaboration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A Riche ECOFE collaboration - Drones for Phenotyping, Sept 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description EWG workshop October 2020 
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 M Hawkesford organised, and S Heuer, M Semenov, P Buchner attended a Wheat Initiative EWG workshop for NUE, held online. 2 sessions were held on 4th October 2020 to accommodate members in different time zones.
Discussion and planning for future collaborative research and workshops
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description EWG-NUE workshop Nov 2018 
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 Malcolm Hawkesford organised, and Sigrid Heuer/Nicolas Virlet attended the EWG-NUE workshop on phenotyping at Clermont-Ferrand, France. 25-29th November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Either myself or members of my group have given 6 talks on ZIP4 5B as the major Ph1 gene controlling homologous/homoeologous crossover and pairing in wheat and its hybrids 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Of 6 talks on ZIP4 5B (Ph1) gene given, one was UK graduate students; and 5 at international meetings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description Expert Panel Member - Nigel Halford 
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 Nigel Halford was an Expert Panel Member, Applied Biological, Environmental & Earth Sciences, subsidy programme on Strategic Basic Research of the Research Foundation, Flanders. 9th October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Festival of Ideas 2018 - "Millennia of Modification" exhibit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact exhibit from Transformation & Gene editing group Caroline Sparks, Vladimir Nekrasov for the Rothamsted Research Festival of Ideas Open Weekend
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Festival of Ideas 2018 - "Wheat doesn't like it hot" exhibit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact exhibit for the Rothamsted Festival of Ideas Open Weekend - Sigrid Heuer, Mark Wilkinson
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Festival of Ideas Tech zone Eyes in the sky 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Rothamsted June 2018 exhibit for the Rothamsted Festival of Ideas Open Weekend - Malcolm Hawkesford, Andrew Riche, March Castle, Nicolas Virlet, Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Festival of Ideas wheat zone - Spraying for yield 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Rothamsted June 2018 exhibit for the Rothamsted Festival of Ideas Open Weekend - Matthew Paul, Cara Griffiths
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Festival of Ideas wheat zone June 2018 Preharvest Sprouting - Changing Architecture of Wheat 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact exhibit for the Rothamsted Festival of Ideas Open Weekend - Andy Phillips, Alison Huttly, Steve Thomas, Lucia Primavesi
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Halford seminar 26 April 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact seminar Reducing the acrylamide-forming potential of wheat, rye and potato: Variety selection, genetic improvement and crop management at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description INEW meeting, London Sept 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Peter Shewry, Malcolm Hawkesford and Till Pellny attended and INEW review meeting, London September 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description INEW visitors to Rothamsted 
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 Love Kumar Singh, Kajod Choudhary, Mohammad Shamsad visited Rothamsted as part of their exchange visit to Nottingham on the INEW project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description INEW workshop August 2018 
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 Peter Shewry, Malcolm Hawkesford and Till Pellny attended the Long-Look and Review meeting of Indo-UK Virtual Joint Centres on Agricultural N, INRISAT, Hyderabad, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description INRES Symposium, Bonn 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented 'Understanding Genotype by Management Interactions for Yield and Sustainability' at Symposium INRES, Bonn, 19-21 September 2018 -
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ITV interview at Earlham 
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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Ji Zhou was interviewed by ITV News at the Earlham Institute re Agri-Robotics at NRP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description IWYP Norwich 2018 C Griffiths 
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 "Increasing wheat drought tolerance and recovery throughout the life cycle through regulation of plant growth mechanisms".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description IWYP, Norwich 2018 M Paul 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Transforming wheat yields through source-sink synchronisation"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Imaging plants in the field with the Scanalyzer and UAV 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact N Virlet gave a seminar at a Kew/Rothamsted workshop, 2nd Feb 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Mikhail Semenov was interviewed for Express publication on heat way and climate change.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Interview for Crop Production Magazine 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Interview for Crop Production Magazine re new technology of automated phenotyping
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Interview for RTE programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Nigel Halford was interviewed about the ECJ decision on genome editing on RTE's CountryWide, presented by John Cooke, 28th July 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Interview, Nature News 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Nigel Halford was quoted by Ewen Callaway, Nature, NEWS 25th July 2018, CRISPR plants now subject to tough GM laws in Europe Top court's ruling threatens research on gene-edited crops in European Union
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited speaker, Baltimore November 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford Invited Speaker ASA Annual Meeting, Baltimore. 3rd - 8th November
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description J Brinton spekaer at PAG XXVI, San Diego 
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 A Major QTL for Grain Weight in Wheat Is Associated with Increased Grain Length and Cell Size at Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) XXVI, San Diego, USA. January 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description J Zhou presentation at Kyoto University, Japan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact 'AI-based phenotypic analysis for gene discovery' presented at Center for Ecological Research seminar series, Kyoto University, Japan
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description JIC Breeder Day 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DFW presented at JIC Breeders Day, Norwich
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Ji Zhou presentation at Changchun, China Feb 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Multi-scale crop phenotyping and AI-based phenotypic analysis for crop improvement' at The China National Molecular Breeding Conference 2019, Changchun, China
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description John Innes Centre open day to the public 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact To show the general public plant science research in practise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description July 2018 drone and phenotyping demonstrations 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Andrew Riche demonstrated drones, and Pouria Sadeghi-Tehran and Nicolas Virlet demonstrated the Scanalyer to a delegation from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Kazakhstan wheat breeders workshop 25th May 
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 Malcolm Hawkesford and Peter Shewry attended a wheat workshop in Kazakhstan, 25th May-1st June
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Kiel, September 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford gave a presentation at From Big Data to Smart Farming Meeting, Kiel, Germany 24-27th September 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Lecture series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Mikhail Semenov was invited to give a series of lectures at the MACSUR post-graduate intensive course dynamic crop modeling in Denmark.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Lectures, Andy Phillips 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Andy Phillips gave 2 undergraduate lectures at Royal Holloway, Univ. London. 23rd October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description LiveWheat kick-off meeting 
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 Malcolm Hawkesford and Kim Hammond-Kosack attended LiveWheat Kick-off meeting, Stoneleigh UK 12th Feb 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Hawkesford 6th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (6th IPPS), Nanjing, China 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented 'Phenotyping for Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Perspectives' at the 6th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (6th IPPS), Nanjing, China, 21-25th October 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description M Hawkesford Presentation to Precision Agriculture meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact invited speaker at Polish Precision Agriculture meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Hawkesford TV interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact M Hawkesford interviewed for C4 Food Unwrapped series
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description M Hawkesford presentation at Org2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation at OrgN2020, Locarno, Switzerland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Hawkesford presentation at PhenomUK Feb 2021 
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 online webinar of PhenomUK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description M Hawkesford presentation at WGIN stakeholder March 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation at WGIN stakeholder meeting 3rd March 2021, online meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description M Hawkesford presentation for Rothamsted/Uni. Lincoln seminar series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Drones and a Scanalyzer: solutions for field phenotyping at Rothamsted' presented at the Rothamsted/University Nebraska seminar series, webinar
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018,2021
 
Description M Hawkesford presentation to VISCEA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation to VISCEA, Vienna Austria
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Paul invited speaker 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Matthew Paul was an invited speaker at Crop Booster P EU workshop "Improving resilience in crops: can we combine high yield and resilience? (June 2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description M Paul presentation Brisbane July 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Coordination of source and sink through T6P to improve photosynthesis and yield' at the Translational photosynthesis conference 2019 Brisbane, Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description M Semenov conference presentation May 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mikhail Semenov presented at the Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), Ottawa, Canada in May 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov oral presentation (1) at ICROPM 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Why do crop models diverge substantially in climate impact projections?', 'iCROPM 2020, Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov oral presentation (2) at iCROPM 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 'Drought not heat stress driving yield losses in extreme years under climate change', iCROPM 2020 Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov poster (3) at iCROPM 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Drought not heat stress driving yield losses in extreme years under climate change', iCROPM 2020 Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov poster (4) at iCROPM, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Durum wheat ideotypes characteristics for the Mediterranean basin under future climate conditions', iCROPM 2020 Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov poster, iCROPM 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Substantial increase in yield is predicted by designing wheat ideotypes for Europe under future climate', iCROPM 2020, Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description M Semenov, conference poster (2) at iCROPM 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'A UK climate-crop modelling capability for impact assessments on food security: plans and progress', iCROPM 2020, Montpellier, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Malcolm Hawkesford and phenotyping team: Visit to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to Scanalyser by 24 Finnish farmers (Farmimatkat)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Malcolm Hawkesford, Crop Phenotyping EMPHASIS Workshop, Rothamsted, Feb 2018 
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 Presentation: UK crop phenotyping community update
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Matt Dale poster: Understanding the role of phytohormones in controlling heat-stress tolerance during pollen development in wheat 
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 Monogram 2017. Bristol, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Matthew Paul Presentation at University of Utrecht 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Matthew Paul presented "Can we target trehalose 6-phosphate sugar signalling to improve crop yields?"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Matthew Paul Presentation to visiting farmers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact presentation "Increasing crop yields through modification of sugar resource allocation" to farmers from Alabama visiting Rothamsted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Matthew Paul invited participant in UKRI-BBSRC/ DFG/ USDA-NSF International Plant Science Workshops 
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 invited participant in UKRI-BBSRC/ DFG/ USDA-NSF International Plant Science Workshops, May 2021. Workshop 1: Future Proofing Crops: Studying and enhancing plant and crop resilience in a changing environment. Workshop 2: Mechanisms underpinning plant physiology for environmental and agricultural sustainability
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Matthew Paul online presentation to Australian sugar signalling community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Matthew Paul presented "Can we target trehalose 6-phosphate sugar signalling to improve crop yields?" to the Australian sugar signalling community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Matthew Paul presentation to HeDWIC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Matthew Paul presented "Can reproductive development be protected from heat stress by the trehalose 6-phosphate pathway?" on line to the wheat heat and drought community (HeDWIC), 31st January 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Matthew Paul presentations, Nanjing University, October 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact presention of 2 lectures:The importance of T6P in crop improvement; Source-sink interactions and the importance in crop improvement.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Matthew Paul, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting: Plant Genomes and Biotechnology: from genes to networks, November 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation: Trehalose 6-phosphate, a pivotal molecule in crop improvement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Matthew Paul, plenary lecture: Biotechnology Havana: Agricultural biotechnology in the 21st century, December 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Trehalose 6-phosphate, a pivotal molecule in crop improvement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Media coverage of Nature Food article 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact New Scientist, Sky News, Yahoo News, Farmers Weekly, Seed World, Farming UK, Scottish Farmer published articles on double global wheat production by closing genetic yield gap published in Nature Food
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Meeting and presentation to discuss interactions between those international groups involved in meiosis research on wheat and barley in Paris 
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 The meeting has led to the proposal to hold a much larger meeting on cereal meiosis researchers in 2019 at RRes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Megan Rafter poster: Is Rht-A1 a target for the generation of novel green revolution dwarfing genes in wheat? 
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 Monogram 2017, Bristol UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Member of International Advisory Board 
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 Significance of Sulfur in High-Input Cropping Systems Conference, Groningen
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Member of the board of the G20 wheat initative 
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 I am a board member of the G20 wheat initiative set up by the G20 agricultural ministers to facilitate coordination of wheat research in the G20 countries. We organise working group to facilitate such coordination, and to identify priorities for funding by funding agencies within the G20 countries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
 
Description Member of the management board of CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARD) to breed wheat for the resource-poor in the developing World 
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 A management board member of CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARD) to breed wheat for the resource-poor in the developing World
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019
 
Description Mikhail Semenov IBS Channel Conference 20, The Netherlands,June 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation: Using Multivariate Analysis of Meteorological Data to Understand Changes in Growing Seasons
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Mikhail Semenov presentation at Italian Society for Agronomy, Milan, September 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation: A methodology for probabilistic assessment of adaptation strategies: a case study in the Mediterranean
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Mikhail Semenov presentation at SE, Gothenberg, July 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation: Canopy temperature model robustness for heat stress simulation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Monogram_Bioinformatics Workshop Apr 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact C Uauy delivered training at Monogram_Bioinformatics Workshop, April 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description N Halford discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact N Halford briefed David Rapley, Parliamentary researcher, on gene editing, October 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford Keynote speaker at 8th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress, Rotterdam, March 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ni Halford was invited keynote speaker at the 8th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Europe. Rotterdam, 4th - 5th March 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description N Halford webinar Feb 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Webinar, Food Biosystems DTP, February 8th 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford CoSInE 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference for Scientists, Innovators and Engineers (CoSInE), 11th - 12th March 2021. On-line
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford IFU Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact IFU, March 2020. WEBINAR JULY 2020 on GM and GE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford Interview The Times Raconteur 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Nigel Halford - Interviewed by Mark Wilding for The Times, Raconteur section. 12th December 2018. Sustainability/Future of Food and Beverage 2018. EU ruling on gene-edited foods is holding us back
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description N Halford Monogram presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monogram 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford NFU webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Webinar to NFU on genome editing, March 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford Poster Cereals 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Cereals 2021: poster presentation. Discussion on GM/GE with Victoria Prentis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussed GE and GM with Gideon Henderson, DEFRA Chief Scientist, 30th June 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford invited speaker 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nigel Halford was an invited speaker at the EAPR Post Harvest Section Meeting, Maids Head Hotel, Norwich, UK.12th - 14th March 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description N Halford invited speaker Osaka 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited speaker to give an online presentation at the 3rd Annual Congress on Plant Biology & Biotechnology, Osaka, 7th - 9th October 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford webinar 
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 Webinar, Food Biosystems DTP, February 8th 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Halford webinar June 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Webinar to Marks and Spencers agronomist/horticulturalists, 18th June 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description N Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 9th August 2022 
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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW, visit by Anna Backhaus (JIC)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description N Virlet presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 27 Sept 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW, Singapore video
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description N Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 21st Sept 2022 
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 Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to Shake CC programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description N Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 7th July 2022 
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 Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to Embrapa (Brazil) executive
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description N Virlet presentation at Phenom UK Dec 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'Ground and Airborne digital field phenotyping systems' presented at online webinar
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description N Virlet presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 24th June 2022 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to "U.S. delegation with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (Jewel Bronaugh) and
U.S. Agricultural Counsellor for the UK (Cynthia Guven)"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description NABIM, London Nov 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nigel Halford was invited to give a presentation at NABIM Research and Development seminar, London,; New Technologies. 27th November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description NIAB-TAG breeders day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Attendance at NIAB-TAG Breeders Day, which offers expert independent advice and research on variety choice, plant breeding, crop agronomy, plant protection, soils and cultivations with a mix of seminars, exhibits and field and glasshouse demonstrations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description NPK club visit Rothamsted 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Members of the NPK club had a tour of the scanalyser facility at RRes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description NUCLEUS project workshop, Brazil 
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 Joint Meeting between the two UK & Brazil Virtual Joint Centres on Agricultural Nitrogen for NUCLEUS (a virtual joint centre to deliver enhanced Nitrogen Use effiCiency via an integrated SoiLplant systEms approach for the Uk & BraSil) and UBNFC (UK Brazil Nitrogen Fixation Centre)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description NUE EWG meeting, Bari, Italy Sept 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 Malcolm Hawkesford presented "Nutrient interactions in a wheat nitrogen trial"
Nicolas Virlet presented "Estimation of leaves nutrients content by spectroscopy"
Maria Oszvald presented "Genetic diversity for nitrogen loss in wheat"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - Invited speaker 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited speaker to the Transformative Workshop on Phenomics 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 11th November 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to UCC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 27th January 2023 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to Alabama Farmers Federation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 16th August 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to Dragonlight
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 1st December 2022 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to OCP officials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 28th Sept 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to Defra Sec of State Ranil Jayawardena
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 29th June 2022 
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 Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW presented to Mozambique/DIT/FCDO
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW 2nd Nov 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to UK Food Systems CDT - Roadshow visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nicolas Virlet - presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW, 19th May2022 
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 presentation of digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW to SitS workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Nigel Halford - Expert stakeholder for BEIS Public Attitudes to Science research; 
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 Expert stakeholder for BEIS Public Attitudes to Science research; Digital Dialogues - Wave 4: Technological solutions to the issue of food security
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nigel Halford - Invited speaker: American Chemical Society's Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division symposium Aug 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 25th -29th August, 2019 - Nigel Halford - Invited speaker: American Chemical Society's Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division symposium "Proposition 65 on Food Safety", 258th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nigel Halford - Seminar, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 24th August 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nigel Halford presented 'Reducing the acrylamide-forming potential of wheat, rye and potato: Variety selection, genetic improvement and crop management' at Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 24th August 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Nigel Halford - Speaker, 19th ICC Conference, Science Meets Technology, Vienna 
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 Nigel Halford, Speaker, 19th ICC Conference, Science Meets Technology, Vienna. 24th - 25th April 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nigel Halford Inteview (The Telegraph) 23rd May 2018 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Nigel was interviewed for The Telegraph ( Exclusive: gene-edited super-crops to be grown in the UK for the first time'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Nigel Halford seminar 5th February 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nigel Halford gave a Rothamsted seminar ( Have we had our chips (not to mention toast, biscuits, breakfast cereals, crisps and coffee)? Genetic and agronomic approaches to reducing the amount of acrylamide in our food)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twk1ywrAG_0
 
Description Norfolk forum Science festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact To provide the general public with an insight into plant science research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Organisation a day workshop at Eucarpia meeting , Clermont_Ferrand Paris, with INRA (French) and Proweizen (German ) and CIMMYT researchers 
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 The worship was to discuss possible collaborations which could lead to bids into the EU for funding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description PhenomUK 11th Feb 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford, Andrew Riche, Nicolas Virlet and Pouria Sadhegi-Tehran attended the PhenomUK meeting.
Malcolm Hawkesford participated in a debate of field-based vs. CE phenotyping.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description PhenomUK 2021 
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 M Hawkesford co-organised the 22-25 Mar 2021 PhenomUK workshop (online)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description PhenomUK meeting 
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 PhenomUK Launch held at Rothamsted. DFW staff participated and gave presentations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Plenary talk at Genomics in breeding meeting, IPK Gatersleben, Germany 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Gave plenary talk at the main crop institute in Germany.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Plenary talk at Plant Phenomics Conference, CAS Beijing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invitation to give a plenary talk of 30-min at the Plant Phenomics 2017 conference, organized by the Genetics Society of China in partnership with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, December 1st-5th, 2017, Beijing, China. Title of talk: Developments in automated field phenotyping of wheat at Rothamsted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Polish visitors 13th June 2018 
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 Andrew Riche hosted a visit to the phenotyping team (Koronczok Jerzy, Michal Szczurek, Jaroslaw Borowski, Grzegorz Kulczycki, Tomas Czech, Adam Michalski)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Poster presentations Sarah Raffan and Nigel Halford 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nigel Halford and Sarah Raffan gave a poster presentation Plant Genomes in a Changing Environment, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK. 24th - 26th October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation Data curation challenge, March 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact N Virlet presented at the Automated phenotyping workshop, between the Alan Turing Institute and Rothamsted Research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation at International Plant Biotechnology Conference, Anhui, China 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented 'Productivity traits and field phenotyping in the Designing Future Wheat Programme' at the International Plant Biotechnology Conference 2019 June 26-28, 2019 at Fengyang, Anhui, China
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation at Nature Conference: Agricultural Genomics 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited plenary speaker at the Nature Conference entitled "Agricultural Genomics 2017: Functional Genomics toward Green Crops for Sustainable Agriculture", Wuhan, China on October 25-27, 2017, organized by Nature Genetics, Nature Plants, Nature Communications, in partnership with Huazhong Agricultural University. Presentation Title: Nutrient use efficiency in wheat: prospects for improvement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation at Significance of Sulfur in High-Input Cropping Systems Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation 'Linking genes to field performance: adventures in sulfur research'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation at the conference for the UK Millers and bakers (NABIM-london) on DFW 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Was asked to provide further information on the coordinated DFW programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation on DFW at the DEFRA stakeholders WGIN meeting at RRES 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Request for more information on the programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation on WISP/DFW to ACC1 Cereals and Grains conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The presentation was to inform the cereal grain (rice, maize and wheat) processes community on the step change which has occurred in wheat research and the involvement of WISP/DFW in the step change
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation on WISP/DFW to the BBSRC legume community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation was to describe how the UK coordinated wheat programme was put together, and the impact the programme has had on the step change which has occurred in wheat research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation on WISP/DFW to the BBSRC rice community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation described how the coordinated WISP/DFW UK wheat programme was put together, and the impact the programme has had on the step change which has occurred in wheat research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation to NFU May 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Nicolas Virlet presentation 'Digital phenotyping at Rothamsted and within DFW'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation to Nottingham University students Feb 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Nicolas Virlet presentation of phenotyping at Rothamsted and how it is embedded within DFW, Digital phenotyping for germplasm screening at Rothamsted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Presentation to Waitrose Agronomy Group 
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 Farm practices and the farm assessment: a role for new science. The audience consisted of Senior agronomists / technologists from who wish to perform Waitrose Farm Assessment Version 4, and Waitrose suppliers and Waitrose Technical Team. The meeting focussed on on the development of new environmentally sustainable supply chain practice in the production of food and how we can quantify the impacts of changing practice through the farm assessment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentation, Bayer 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation "Integration of root and soils expertises into the yield studies" at Bayer head office, Germany at their 'Crop Efficiency days' research day of seminars
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Presentations at International Fertiliser Society Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact written paper and oral presentation at International Fertiliser Society Meeting, January 2021, WR Whalley, CW Watts, H Zhou, SJ Mooney, R Ashton, D Mahanta, DPA Lloyd, P Hedden, AL Phillips, SG Thomas, J Stroud, X Zhang, H-C Shin and MJ Hawkesford "Multiple sources of stress on the roots of winter wheat"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description R Ramirez-Gonzalez presentation at PSG, January 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 'The Transcriptional Landscape of Polyploid Wheat', Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) XXVI, San Diego, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description RAU students visit RRes May 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact RAU students visited the Scanalyser and root phenotyping groups at RRes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description RAU visit to Scanalyser 30th April 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact students from RAU visited Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description RRes/Cranfield joint workshop visit to Scanalyser 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Delegates from the 2nd Annual Rothamsted-Cranfield Joint Science Workshop were given a tour of the Scanalyser during their workshop, July 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Review Meeting, India 
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 24th Feb - 2nd Mar 2018: Malcolm Hawkesford, Peter Shewry and Till Pellny attended the INEW Review Meeting at Karnal, India
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Review Panel, DFG Workshop, Bonn 
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 Priority Programme Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation - a Key to Rhizosphere Functions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Rothamsted seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andy Phillips presented @Reverse Genetics in Wheat for Pleasure and Profit' as a Rothamsted Station seminar, Sept 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description S Heuer organised a Rice workshop "Linking UK rice research with translational science for farmers' fields" 
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 Rice workshop "Linking UK rice research with translational science for farmers' fields" with presentation from UK scientists and invited international speakers from IRRI (Philippines), CIAD (Colombia), Africa Rice (Cote d'Ivoire) and BRRI (Bangladesh)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description S Thomas speaker at Monogram 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Steve Thomas presented 'Plant hormone signalling: targets for improving wheat architecture; at Monogram, Nottingham UK. 30th April 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description S Thomas Presentation to DFW Breeders Toolkit committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of new wheat architecture alleles to DFW Breeders Toolkit committee "New alleles to improve canopy architecture through changes in leaf angle"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description S Thomas presentation Olomouc, July 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited speaker at Gibberellin Meeting, Olomouc. Czech Republic 'Exploiting the Gibberellin Signalling Pathway to Generate New Wheat Architecture Alleles'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SEB Seville 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented 'Phenotyping wheat trials for canopy temperature using drones and thermal imagery' SEB Seville 2nd July 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Sarah Raffan poster: Genome editing for low acrylamide wheat 
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 Monogram, Bristol April 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Sarah Raffan seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sarah Raffan gave an Early Researcher presentation at The 6th Plant Genomics and Gene editing Congress in Rotterdam
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Scanalyser visit Dec 2018 
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 Scanalyser team hosted visit from Aigul Abugaliyeva & Sholpan Zhanysbayeva (Kazsakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing) 18th December 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Scanalyser visit by John Deere 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Scanalyser team hosted visit from John Deere. 25th October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Scotland Plant Health workshop on genome editing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact N Halford participant inScotland Plant Health workshop on genome editing. 14th September 2021.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Seminar at Sichuan Agricultural University - M J Hawkesford 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact seminar title 'Technical Challenges and solutions for designing future wheat'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Seminar at VIB, Belgium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Nutrient Use Efficiency in Wheat and Prospects for Improvement seminar given at VIB, Dept of Plant Sciences, Ghent, Belgium
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Seminar, Cranfield University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact 'Automated and high throughput imaged-based field phenotyping technology at Rothamsted'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Seminars at Sichuan Agricultural University YF Wang 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Seminar titles: 'Rothamsted, the world's oldest agricultural experiments, and the future of wheat'; 'Challenges and solutions for designing future wheat.'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Sigrid Heuer, Rank Prize mini-symposium 'The Shape of Wheat to Come', Grasemere UK, March 2018 
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 presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Steve Thomas, WGIN, November 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation: Modifying wheat architecture for improved traits
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Studies on impact of climate change in Europe 
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 Mikhail Semenov participated in two studies of the impacts of climate change in Europe within MACSUR and INRA projects; results accepted for publication in Nature Communications and PNAS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sustaining production workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact M Hawkesford presented 'High throughput field phenotyping of wheat trials using imaging technology' (plenary) at the 18-21 Jan 2022 Sustaining production workshop.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Szechuan visitors to Rothamsted 
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 Caroline Sparks hosted a tour and demonstration of Transformation facility to 4 visitors from Szechuan (part of a BBSRC partnering award) 18th June 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description The 7th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. May 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Poster: Caroline Sparks, Sergio Cerezo-Medina, Sarah Raffan, Florian Hahn. Use of the pre-assembled ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex for gene editing of wheat and poplar.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UKRI launch May 2018 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford attended the UKBI launch on 14th May 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Uni Nottingham students visit to Rothamsted May 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Caroline Sparks hosted a visit by 3 Undergraduate students from Nottingham University. Description and demonstration of cereal transformation. 24th May 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description University of Bristol/RRes Farming Futures Workshop 
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 Further workshops are planned for the future,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description University of Nottingham Students visit RRes Feb 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Nigel Halford organised and hosted a visit by University of Nottingham MSc in Plant Genetic Manipulation, MSc in Crop Improvement, Module D2D009 - Plant Biotechnology. February 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description V Nekrasov poster presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented a poster at the UK rice research meeting (Aberdeen, 2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description V Nekrasov poster presentation 
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 a poster at the ASPB Plant Biology 2021 Worldwide Summit (virtual, 2021)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description V Nekrasov presentation Cambridge UK Oct 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact V Nekrasov presentation 'A molecular toolkit for gene function studies using CRISPR/Cas in monocots and dicots', at Cambridge, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description V Nekrasov presentation PAG, San Diego Jan 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A molecular toolkit for gene function studies using CRISPR/Cas in monocots and dicots
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description V Nekrasov presentation at ICRISAT workshop Jan 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact V Nekrasov 'A molecular toolkit for gene function studies using CRISPR/Cas in monocots and dicots' presentation at ICRISAT 24th Jan 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description V Nekrasov presentation at 8th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Europe 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Genome editing as a tool for gene function studies and enhancement of disease resistance in crops" presented at the 8th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Europe 2020, March 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description V Nekrasov presentation at CGIAR online conference September 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation at CGIAR online conference: "Genome Editing in Agriculture: Innovations for Sustainable Production and Food Systems"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Visit by British Guild of Agricultural Journalists 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Visit to the Scanalyser Phenotyping Platform by British Guild of Agricultural Journalists
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser by DowDupont 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact hosted visit by DowDupont, October 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Bayer Joint Steering Committee to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit by Bayer Joint Steering Committee to Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Bayer Marketing and Development Team to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit by Bayer Marketing and Development Team to Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Bim Afolami (MP) to the Scanalyser 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Bim Afolami visited Rothamsted and was given demonstrations of UAVs and the Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Chief Scientific Adviser 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford co-hosted a visit by Patrick Vallance, the Chief Scientific Adviser. 22nd October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit by Greg Rebetske ( CSIRO) to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Greg has similar research interests in wheat breeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by ICRISAT 
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 Vladimir Nekrasov hosted a visit by Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). India.29th October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit by Kelloggs to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact visit by Kellogg's Global Innovation and Nutrition team to the Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Limagrain 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to Scanalyser Phenotyping platform by Limagrain
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Lord de Ramsey and Rothamsted Board members 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Visit to GM field trial by Lord de Ramsey and Rothamsted Board members
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Nestle 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to the Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Northwest A & F University, China 
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 Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Visit to Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Peter Lootens, ILVO Belgium to Scanalyser 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact ILVO is the Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research, Peter Lootens is from the Plant Sciences Unit - Growth and Development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Royal Agricultural University students 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Visit to the Field Scanalyzer and drone demonstration as part of their Wheat Development module
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by Yara 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit by Yara to the scanalyser phenotyping platfrom
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit by delegates of the Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency 
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 The Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency visited RRes as part of their workshop, they were shown the Scanalyser, archive, Long Term Experiments and laboratories
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser - GlobalSTL 
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 15th October 2018 - Scanalyser team hosted visit from Vijay Chauhan - GlobalSTL;
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser 15 Nov 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Scanalyser team hosted visit from Cranfield Soil Engineering & Nutrient management students. 15th November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser 15th Nov 2018 (2) 
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 Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Scanalyser team hosted visit from Ian Blayney, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food; Fisheries (Australia). 15th November 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser Feb 2019 
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 Roger Johnson President NFU USA and Australian grain grower, Randall Wilksch visited scanalyser. 7th Feb 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser by John Deere 25th May 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to Scanalyser by John Deere
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to Scanalyser by Roullier 24th May 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Visit to Scanalyser by Roullier group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit to Scanlayser by Terramera (Canada) 
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 Industry/Business
Results and Impact Terramerra were introduced by Lemnatec, the manufacturer of the Scanalyser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Visitor 
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 DFW and phenotyping presented by Malcolm Hawkesford and Andrew Riche to Peter Carberry, Head of ICRSAT
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visitors from Sichuan Agricultural University to Scanalyser, Rothamsted and JIC 
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 Sichuan Agricultural University visitors as part of the China Partnering Award (improving wheat grain quality by exploiting novel sources of genetic variation)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Vladimir Nekrasov presentation at AgBio Europe 2017,London 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation: Optimisation of CRISPR/Cas9 Specificity, Efficiency & Delivery in Plants
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Vladimir Nekrasov presentation, 6th Agrinet conference, UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Genome editing: a revolutionary tool for basic and applied plant science" and chaired a session at the 6th Agri-net conference (Syngenta's International Research Station at Jealott's Hill, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Vladimir Nekrasov, WGIN November 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact presentation: Genome editing as a new powerful tool for wheat breeding" at the 15th WGIN Stakeholders' Meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description WGIN Diversity update, Feb 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact WGIN Diversity update, Feb 2021 A Riche
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description WGIN Diversity update, June 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact WGIN Diversity update, June 2021 A Riche
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description WGIN Diversity update, Nov 2021 A Riche 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact WGIN Diversity update, Nov 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Waitrose Open Farm Sunday 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Took part on the BBSRC stand for phenotyping and new technologies at the Waitrose Leckford Farm Open Farm Sunday
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Wheat Genetic Improvement Network 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Wheat Genetic Improvement Network - A Riche gave a presentation to the NFU Regional Combinable Crops Board, 4th May 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Wheat Initiative NUE Expert Working Group P focused meeting, Nov 2019 
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 Malcolm Hawkesford and Sigrid Heuer participated in Wheat Initiative NUE Expert Working Group P focused meeting, Arvalis, France, 4th-5th Nov 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ZALF visit to Scanalyser May 2018 
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 visit to Scanalyser by ZALF (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description article in The Times 13th Feb. 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact article re acrylamide in The Times "Cancer chemical in wheat is toast after gene editing"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cancer-chemical-in-wheat-is-toast-after-gene-editing-nddf37zv8
 
Description lecture series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented a series of lectures at Wroclaw University, Poland. 8th-12th October 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description member of the G20 wheat Initiative Science board during 2019 
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 The members of the science board discuss how to better coordinate the wheat research activities in the G20 countries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description member of the management board of the CGIAR wheat programme (CIMMYT and ICARDA) to breed wheat for the resource poor in the developing world 
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 I offer advice to the management team of the wheat CGIAR programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description member of the organising committee for PAG 2020 
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 Suggest plenary speakers for inviting to speak at PAG 2020 meeting attracting 3000 animal and plant researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description participant in G20 wheat initiative Nitrogen use efficiency workshop 
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 Participated in a discussion on priorities for funding in the wheat research area nitrogen use efficiency.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description presentation by V Nekrasov, ICRISAT Apr 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact V Nekrasov presented 'Genome editing as a tool for enhancing disease resistance in crops' ICRISAT, India 25th Apr 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description presentation to LEAF 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford presented his rececntly published research on nitrogen use efficiency trends of UK wheat
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description scanalyser tour 13th June 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Delegates from the IB2018: Integrative Bioinformatics Symposium 2018 visited the Scanalyzer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description seminar at Warwick University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Malcolm Hawkesford was invited to give a presentation "Scanalyzers and drones: high-throughput field phenotyping of wheat"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description visit to phenotyping team by Prof. Claire Domoney 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Andrew Riche presented the phenotyping work to Professor Claire Domoney, JIC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018