National Plant Phenomics Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
Aberystwyth University
Department Name: IBERS
Abstract
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Technical Summary
This project aims to offer UK plant scientists access to an automated imaging platform, the National Plant Phenomics Centre, that uses robotics to deliver growing plants to a series of high resolution imaging stations for non-destructive sequential recording of growth, physiological and developmental parameters. In conjunction with local expertise in biological image analyses provided by the Vision, Graphics and Visualisation Group in the AU Department of Computer Science the raw data and associated experimental metadata will be processed to extract trait data in a non-subjective highly quantitative manner that can then be related to the underlying genomic makeup of the individuals. The NPPC will utilise international data standards, database architectures and query interfaces appropriate for handling processed plant phenomics data. The raw data will also be stored and will therefore be available for future analysis either by the investigator or, after publication, by other interested scientists.
Planned Impact
unavailable
Organisations
- Aberystwyth University (Lead Research Organisation)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA (Collaboration)
- Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection (Collaboration)
- JOHN INNES CENTRE (Collaboration)
- Anhui Normal University (Collaboration)
- Huazhong Agricultural University (Collaboration)
- ADAS (Collaboration)
- Agricultural University of Iceland (Collaboration)
- Arizona State University (Collaboration)
Publications
Allwood JW
(2019)
Rapid UHPLC-MS metabolite profiling and phenotypic assays reveal genotypic impacts of nitrogen supplementation in oats.
in Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society
Allwood JW
(2019)
Rapid UHPLC-MS metabolite profiling and phenotypic assays reveal genotypic impacts of nitrogen supplementation in oats.
in Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society
Bell J
(2017)
Watching plants grow - a position paper on computer vision and Arabidopsis thaliana
in IET Computer Vision
Bettgenhaeuser J
(2017)
Natural Variation in Brachypodium Links Vernalization and Flowering Time Loci as Major Flowering Determinants.
in Plant physiology
Biernaskie, J.M.
(2025)
Uncovering the genetic basis of competitiveness and the potential for cooperation in plant groups
in Proc. R. Soc. B .
Boyle R
(2015)
Image-based estimation of oat panicle development using local texture patterns
in Functional Plant Biology
Boyle R
(2015)
Automated estimation of tiller number in wheat by ribbon detection
in Machine Vision and Applications
Briglia N
(2020)
Image-Based Assessment of Drought Response in Grapevines
in Frontiers in Plant Science
Calderwood A
(2021)
Total FLC transcript dynamics from divergent paralogue expression explains flowering diversity in Brassica napus.
in The New phytologist
| Description | Key findings include: application of AI to phenotyping genetic basis of leaf elongation in forage grasses genetic markers for heat tolerance in wheat a gene that enables plants to ignore mild water stress the ability to perdict performance in the feild from single plant trials longitudinal trait mapping in wheat root depth QTL in grasses application of deep learning to plant and agronomic datasets A number of novel phenotyping techniques have been developed, some of which have been published or further refined and applied more widely in subsequent projects and collaborations |
| Exploitation Route | Findings have supported over 14 successful grant applications (including BBSRC, Innovate-UK, NRN-ser cymru, and EU) with another pending. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Education Environment |
| URL | https://www.plant-phenomics.ac.uk/ |
| Description | They have provided the basis of BBC Focus article, the centre is used extensively to showcase modern breeding approaches to farmers, young farmers, breeders, schools and the media. We also aim to influence policymakers, with regard to the need for research into agriculture. Several industrially funded research grants have been obtained. Several examples of data reuse have been provided. |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Education,Environment |
| Impact Types | Cultural Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | 15AGRITECHCAT4 Application of innovative plant breeding and phenotyping to reduce the nutrient requirement of forages |
| Amount | £532,127 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 55743-402220 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Analysis of the genetic and environmental factors influencing grain quality of oats to meet end-user requirements and increase grower returns |
| Amount | £65,070 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 21130002 |
| Organisation | Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Better Bread: Enhancing flour quality including the incorporation of legumes |
| Amount | £737,688 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10074325 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2025 |
| Description | Brassica Rapeseed And Vegetable Optimisation (BRAVO) |
| Amount | £4,392,784 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P003095/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency |
| Amount | € 7,787,192 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 727312 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Climate-smart grass: A strategy for grassland to safeguard forage production against extreme weather events through resilience to multiple-stresses |
| Amount | £191,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Sêr Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment (NRN-LCEE) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | Demonstration of oat production in diverse environments and management conditions |
| Amount | £14,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of Wales |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | Development and application of novel dehulling technology and stabilisation technology to enhance the value of oats as a sustainable feed for ruminants and monogastrics |
| Amount | £825,028 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 101827 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2014 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | Embodied time: attuning to a rhythmic present |
| Amount | £5,247,169 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2028 |
| Description | European Plant Phenotyping Network |
| Amount | € 550,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | Grant Agreement No. 284443 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2012 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | European Plant Phenotyping Network 2020 |
| Amount | € 5,000,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | FACCE ERA-NET+MODCARBOSTRESS |
| Amount | £191,145 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/M018407/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Genetic improvement of pea to replace soyabean in the diets of poultry and monogastric livestock (PeaGen) |
| Amount | £444,738 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/P017517/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | HGCA |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RD-2012-3774 |
| Organisation | Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Horizon Europe Guarantee. Legendary: Ecosystem services of incorporating legumes into crop rotations |
| Amount | £4,100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10089689 |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 03/2029 |
| Description | IPP |
| Amount | £1,350,226 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IPPC1-19_OC_Environment Systems EO4cultivar |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | IRSES |
| Amount | € 285,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 11249 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | Legume Generation Developing tools for the breeding of grain and forage legumes |
| Amount | £7,300,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10073595 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2028 |
| Description | NASPA |
| Amount | € 278,264 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | NASPA |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Interreg : European Territorial Co-operation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | NRC-UKRI Pilot Programme. Prototyping Root System Architecture in Avena: Technologies for Environmental Sustainability and Food Security |
| Amount | £133,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S020926/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Oat domestication - understanding the origin of a European cereal |
| Amount | £548,386 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/S008195/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Optimising Nitrogen rates and timings and Sulphur in winter and spring oats for yield and milling quality |
| Amount | £616,560 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 21140039 |
| Organisation | Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | PGRP |
| Amount | $199,568 (USD) |
| Organisation | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | PeaProtein: Breeding peas for the plant-based protein market |
| Amount | £755,704 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10046667 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | PlantRecombination |
| Amount | £158,882 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 663830-AU-110 |
| Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | Research Grant |
| Amount | £258,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RPG-2017-440 |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | The influence of genotype, environment and management factors on yield development and grain filling in oats sown both in the autumn and the spring |
| Amount | € 88,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 201722 |
| Organisation | Teagasc |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | The quest for tolerant varieties - Phenotyping at plant and cellular level |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Towards the use of AI for Appraisal and Exploitation of Hand-written Research Data |
| Amount | £9,536 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | URF |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 07/2025 |
| Description | UK Plant Phenotyping Network |
| Amount | £99,391 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2012 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Understanding milling efficiency in oats |
| Amount | € 66,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 2017225 |
| Organisation | Teagasc |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Ireland |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Title | Aberystwyth Leaf Evaluation Dataset |
| Description | We are releasing the dataset acquired to support the work of the EPSRC funded project "Dynamic Modelling of Plant Growth with Computer Vision" (grant code EP/LO17253/1) in the hope that its availability will help further advance the state of the art in the use of image analysis for plant sciences. It is a visible light, top down, timelapse image dataset of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). It incorporates the original images, some with leaf-level ground truth annotations, harvested plant ground truth data and scanned images together with supporting software. 4 sets of 20 Arabidopsis Thaliana plants have been grown in trays Images of each tray are taken in a 15 minute timelapse sequence using a robotic greenhouse system Periodically, plants from each tray are sacrificed to record destructive measurements A subset of these images have been hand-annotated to provide leaf-based image ground truth. In total, there are 56 annotated ground truth images containing 916 hand-marked up individual arabidopsis plants We also release software to help with the analysis of these images |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | publications resulting from this dataset, produced in NPPC, include arXiv:1611.06880 and arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.03124 |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/168158 |
| Title | Additional file 1 of Non-destructive, high-content analysis of wheat grain traits using X-ray micro computed tomography |
| Description | Additional file 1. MATLAB Image processing pipeline. This file contains all image processing code and instructions explaining input and output as well as usage of our method. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | not yet |
| URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_1_of_Non-destructive_high-conte... |
| Title | Additional file 3 of Non-destructive, high-content analysis of wheat grain traits using X-ray micro computed tomography |
| Description | Additional file 3: Table S2. Dataset obtained for the same wheat spike scanned at different resolutions as indicated. No significant difference for p |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | the dataset has been used for subsequent grant capture |
| URL | https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_3_of_Non-destructive_high-conte... |
| Title | Analysis of cereal grain colour |
| Description | Software in Matlab has been developed to analyse dimensional data and colour from scanned images of cereal grains. It automatically separates seed from background, omits seeds and labels which touch the edge of the image, and touching seeds from the analysis, then provides a table of individual seed dimensions (length, width and area) and mean colour (taking acount of the scale of RGB colour) and provides summary data for each image. It has facilities to adjust scaling appropriately if smaller objects, e.g. groats are being scanned and after calibration can automatically correct for scanner resolution settings and specific scanner characteristics. Once a wide range of colour data has been collected classifiers will be developed for the varios colour classes found. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This tool is now being used routinely by the IBERS oat breeding team |
| Title | Asparagus Crop Model |
| Description | A model for the growth and production of Asparagus has been developed based on literature information, and is currently being re-paramterised for production in Peru as part of a UKSA IPP programme to increase the use of UKSA remote sensing information in developing countries. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The model has already been used to communicate our approach to companies operating in the field in Nazca, Peru. |
| Title | BRAVO target sequence capture V3 |
| Description | This data set contains the bait sequences for a sequence capture library targeting specific genes in Brassica ssp.. Source sequences have been manually selected and processed with BaitLibraryBuilder (https://github.com/steuernb/BaitLibraryBuilder). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | the dataset has been used for subsequent publications and grant applications |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4473283 |
| Title | Collection of Clover/Grass Sward Images with ground truth |
| Description | A collection of images of 144 plots containing grass -clover mixtures from before cutting in early July 2016 to just after cutting in early August 2016 with frequent intermediate dates. Ground truth data for dry weight separation of species is available at both harvests. Individual replicated plots have a range of varieties of grass and clover and some grass only plots. The data set is intended to allow development and testing of methods for monitoring presence and persistence of clover from images. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Inital develolpment of the approach has been demonstrated, and sets of images have been distributed. |
| Title | DeepPod |
| Description | Hamidinekoo A; Garzón-Martínez GA; Ghahremani M; Corke F; Zwiggelaar R; Doonan JH; Lu C (2020): Supporting data for "DeepPod: A Convolutional Neural Network Based Quantification of Fruit Number in Arabidopsis" GigaScience Database. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Being used as the basis of a Brassica pod deeplearning approach |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100704 |
| Title | Meiosis in Allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica |
| Description | Cytological images for Nibau et al, Meiosis in Allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica, 2022, The Plant Journal. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | too soon |
| URL | https://aberystwyth.elsevierpure.com/en/datasets/107b344b-d0d0-450f-b24f-dcfd2131b640 |
| Title | Using Computer Vision to estimate Sphagnum colony density in the field |
| Description | This dataset contains all the images used to develop an automated software able to calculate Sphagnum moss capitula density in the field as described in the linked paper. The images were acquired with a smartphone in the field and include images from 5 different Sphagnum species and 3 different sites as outlined in the read me file. The images are provided in a jpg format. Image information as well as the raw data obtained by image analysis using the developed software are also included as an excel file with 4 separate sheet. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | mentioned in subsequent grant applications |
| URL | https://aberystwyth.elsevierpure.com/en/datasets/9ba4df8f-2d28-4bce-b9b8-ec6368b636e0 |
| Description | HARMONIA: Polish Research project "CDKG/Ph1: czy istnieje uniwersalny mechanizm regulujacy stabilnosc genomu u traw?" |
| Organisation | Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection |
| Country | Poland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We provide the molecular biology and cell biology expertise to the Polish group. John Doonan is named foriegn collaborator on the grant (equivalent to responsive mode BBSRC grant) and the PDRA/students will spend significant periods of time in IBERS |
| Collaborator Contribution | They are expert in molecular cytology and ploidy variants in grasses |
| Impact | VOGEL JP, GORDON S, STEINWAND M, BRAGG JN, YOUNG H, BARRY K, SCHMUTZ J, CATALAN P, CONTRERAS B, HASTEROK R, DOONAN J, MUR L, BUDAK H, CHALHOUB B (2013) The genus Brachypodim as a tool to study perenniality and polyploidy. Invited lecture on the 1st International Brachypodium Conference, 19-21 June, Modena, Italy. Abstract Book, pp. 15 Visit to Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom (3 weeks - 2015; 3 weeks - 2014) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Island Oats |
| Organisation | Agricultural University of Iceland |
| Country | Iceland |
| PI Contribution | new collaboration on developing oats for Iceland and understanding the physiology of key traits |
| Collaborator Contribution | Field trials and networking meeting established |
| Impact | Succesful application to NERC Arctic Networking Call |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | John Innes Centre |
| Organisation | John Innes Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We provide phenotyping expertise for a funded BBSRC LoLa project on Brassicas |
| Collaborator Contribution | They provide a variety of other expertises and germ plasm |
| Impact | Funded BBSRC sLoLa; links to stakeholders in industry and policy |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | John Innes Centre |
| Organisation | John Innes Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Led a joint responsive mode grant on control of chromosome pairing in model and crop plants |
| Collaborator Contribution | wheat genetics and molecular probes |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Maricopa |
| Organisation | Arizona State University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution to an international workshop and to a grant application aimed at understanding the effect of intermittent shade stress on growth and yield |
| Collaborator Contribution | Possibility to host experiments related to MODCARBOSTRESS at the outdoor facilities at Marocopia. |
| Impact | Expression of Interest submitted to the IWYP, which was accepted for a full grant application |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Nitrogen Use Efficiency |
| Organisation | ADAS |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of precise genetic stocks using advanced genotyping technologies and their detailed phenomic characterisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Replicated field trials and physiological analysis of nitrogen use efficiency and lodging |
| Impact | Advice to government on nitrogen fertilisation regimes |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Seedling Emergence |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Detailed screening of association mapping population of oats for seedlng emergence under a range of drought stress conditions |
| Collaborator Contribution | GWAS analysis |
| Impact | in progress |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Wanneng Yang |
| Organisation | Huazhong Agricultural University |
| Department | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration has involved exchanges and application for partenering award |
| Collaborator Contribution | They have provided expertise in computer vision and phenotyping, Nanjing and HZAU have contributed travel and accommodation costs. HZAU have seconded senior staff to AU for one year and more likely to follow during the duration of the collaboration. HZAU spin-out company provided specialised equipment and software at cost to facilitate the project |
| Impact | Frontiers in Plant Science and J Ex Bot papers; BBSRC partnering award, 2018; novel machine learning software developed for feature recognition and quantification |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Ying Wang Anhui Normal University |
| Organisation | Anhui Normal University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Training in genetics and phenotyping technologies |
| Collaborator Contribution | Experience in water stress tolerance |
| Impact | ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Title | Gravimetrics Software |
| Description | This software provides the control and data acquistion system for a modular systam that allows controlled watering of plants. The system runs on RaspyberryPi microcomputers and is suitable for implementation by schools and smaller research groups. This cost-effective phenotyping system was produced with the aim of widing access to phenotyping technologies and providing a training platform for introducing biologists to systems integration. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Two papers have utilised the system and several more projects have utilised it. |
| URL | https://github.com/NPPC-UK/Gravimetrics |
| Description | Aberystwyth University 1st Year visits to National Plant Phenomics Centre |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Freshers visits to plant science research facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Agricultural College visit |
| 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 | Students from an Agricultural Colleage were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Alternative proteins |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Podcast |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://businessnewswales.com/rural-futures-hub-series-alternative-proteins-and-farming-in-the-futur... |
| Description | American Oat Workers Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited paper presented at American Oat Workers Conference: The IBERS Diploid Avena Genomics Resource and its application to hexaploid oat breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | BBSRC Seeding award dissemination event, AgriTech-E |
| 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 and display of the results from BBSRC Seeding Award. Has led to collaboration with new industry partners and a number of grant proposals including one with INnovate UK which has subsequnetly been funded |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BT Innovation for Wales |
| 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 | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with BT on developing remotely operated drone capability |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Brecon Buffers Project |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | visitors were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CEUG 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 | The UK Controlled Environment Association held its annual meeting in Aberystwyth . Tours were provided for the NPPC and a lecture provided to the meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ceug.ac.uk/event/2023-uk-ceug-meeting-at-aberystwyth-university/ |
| Description | Cereals 2018 - 12th-14th June |
| 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 | Cereals 2018 - 12th-14th June, project represented by IBERS & Senova |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chinese Ministry of Agriculture |
| 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 | Talks to delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture on (1) The Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, (2) Grass Breeding and the Role of High Throughput Phenotyping at University of West London, 5th December 2014 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Co-Organiser for Plant Post-Translational Regulation meeting, France 2007 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Co-Organiser for Plant Post-Translational Regulation meeting, France 2007 abstracts PTRoPGE 2007 no actual impacts realised to date |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| Description | Coordinator of FoodBioSystems DTP visit |
| 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 | Visit by FBS DTP on fact-finding tour of participating organisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | CountryFile TV |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The Countryfile team interviewed Dr Fiona Corke on the work of the NPPC and participated in some demonstration activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001kjnb/countryfile-aberystwyth |
| Description | CropSense Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A Perspective on the Role of High Throughput Phenotyping in Forage Breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Dame Nia Griffiths under Sec for Wales |
| 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 | Dame Nia Griffiths under Sec for Wales and accompanying were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Defra Soil Policy Team |
| 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 | Visitors were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Dr Fazhana Ismail |
| 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 | visitors from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) Malaysia, Department of Agricultural Science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://directory.upsi.edu.my/experts/profile/E24CD285C605A08F |
| Description | EPPN/UK-PPN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Hyperspectral Imaging for EPPN/UK-PPN Workshop on plant phenotyping, 9-13 March 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2015 |
| Description | EdgeHill University Plant Science Student Visit |
| 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 and accompnaying staff were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | European Grassland Federation, Early career scientist masterclass |
| 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 | European Grassland Federation, Early career scientist masterclass: High throughput phenotyping in plant research Alan Gay and Paul Robson 7th September 2014 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Farming Connect regional reps |
| 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 | Reps from across the UK were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Germinal seed growers Visit |
| 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 | Event organised by affiliated industrial organisation, where their farmer/growers were able to visit and discuss the technologies utilised in breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
| 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 | Delegation from Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences to discuss next gen phenotyping |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | HZAU, Wuhan |
| 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 | Meeting in Aberystwyth with Chinese collaborators from HZAU to discuss research projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Heritage oats |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article on heritage oats (in French) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.slate.fr/story/242180/pays-de-galles-avoine-noire-ancestrale-graine-futur-cereales-cultu... |
| Description | IBERS Presentation at American Oat Workers Conference - June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | IBERS Presentation at American Oat Workers Conference - June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | ITV-wales interview for "Wales This Week" current affairs programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview & filming footage for ITV-wales: 30 minute programme on the use of AI in Wales |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | International group Fuling Li inward investment Welsh Govt |
| 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 | Fact finding mission by Welsh Govt |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for BBC Countryfile on oat genetic diversity and alternative protein |
| 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 | Considerable media attention arose from an episode of BBC CountryFile filmed at Gogerddan that covered Genetic Diversity and alternative protein, including insects as human food. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for Welsh TV (FFermio) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 2 TV interviews primarily in Welsh, describing the breeding-related research at Aberystwyth University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Interview on "The Science Show" on ABC Radio National (Australia). |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An interview on ABC Australia's flagship science radio program "The Science Show". ABC RN has an average audience size of 645,000 listeners in Australia and The Science Show is highly downloaded as a podcast, both in Australia and internationally. The interview covered current and upcoming research programs promoting crop diversity and new plant breeding methods. The program promoted understanding of the challenges facing sustainable agriculture and plant breeding in the face of a changing climate and led to several interactions with potential new international collaborators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/australian-andrew-lloyd-awarded-uk-future-... |
| Description | Interview on BBC Radio Wales "Science Cafe" - 2021 The International Year of Fruit & Vegetables |
| 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 | An interview on BBC Wales flagship science radio program "Science Cafe". BBC Wales has an average audience size of around 300,000 listeners. The interview covered current and upcoming research programs promoting crop diversity and new plant breeding methods. Discussed food security, sustainability and nutrition in 2021, the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The program promoted understanding of the challenges facing sustainable agriculture and plant breeding in the face of a changing climate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qwwx |
| Description | Lafan Cymru AgriFood consultants |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Lafan personel were given a tour of the research facilities and discussions held on the type of research projects undertaken |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | NPPC - 4th Annual Early Career Biomass Network Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - AU Open Day Attendees |
| 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 | Research Facility Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - AU Open Day Attendees |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - AU student welcome week tours |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research Facility Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Animal feed companies, PGRO and NIAB |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - BBSRC Communications Team |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Brazil visit |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - British Grassland Federation Mid Conference Tour |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Chinese Journalists |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Students in Environmental Technology, Biotechnology and Agritechnology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Dairy Co |
| 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 | Students in Environmental Technology, Biotechnology and Agritechnology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Devenish nutrition |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Students in Environmental Technology, Biotechnology and Agritechnology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Dundee University |
| 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 | National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork |
| 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 | Research Facility Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - European Phenotyping Network |
| 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 | Facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Forages for Africa |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Glamorgan Farmers club |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Goemar PLC |
| 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 | Facility Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Irish farmers group |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Irish farmers group |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Japan Society for Promotion of Science |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Miscanthus Symposium and Safari delegates |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - National Phenotyping Screening Centre |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - North Wales Dairy Farmers |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Northern Ireland Dunbia visit |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Nutrient Use Efficiency Innovate UK |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Pasture Fed Livestock Association |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - QK school |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Telspazio Vega |
| 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 | Telspazio-Vega |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Thomas More University college, Students in Environmental Technology, Biotechnology and Agritechnology |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - UKRO |
| 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 | Research Facility Visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - University of Bristol, Purdue University |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - Upper Severn Grassland Society |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Waitrose New Zealand |
| 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 research facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Welsh Government visit |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - south-East Asian Institute of Tropical Biology |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - A group 70/ 80 year olds from Clwb Croeso Llangwyryfon. |
| 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 | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - AU second year biology students |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Aberystwyth University Council |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - British Society of Plant Breeders |
| 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 | Research facility visit - interaction with farming sector |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Dupont |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Famers Union Of Wales Group |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Greenmount College, Northern Ireland visiting IBERS (18 in total - a mix of farmers and students |
| 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 | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Haymakers group of farmers, scientists, consultants and educationalists. |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - INRA |
| 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 | Research visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - John Gilbert, Germinal Holdings and Three visitors from Peter Cates, Germinal partners in NZ |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Universities UK |
| 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 | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | NPPC - University of the Third Age |
| 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 | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Research facility visit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Waitrose farming Group |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC - Welsh Government awayday at IBERS |
| 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 | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | NPPC Facebook |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of phenotyping activitiies , interactions with academic and industrial partners and project outputs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | http://facebook.com/NPPCUK/ |
| Description | NPPC website and data portal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A general website including information on activities at NPPC, platforms available, resources generated in terms of data and software. A secure access portal is provided for transfer of unpublished data between the Centre and users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.plant-phenomics.ac.uk/ |
| Description | NUE-LEG project visit |
| 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 | Visitors were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | New oat varieties |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on Radio Wales to be broadcast on 15th March 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Oats 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International conference on current research and the future for oats organised and plenary paper presented |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Pilgrim Foods |
| 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 | Visitors were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genome XX11 phenomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Automating Plant Phenotyping for Breeding and Research; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxii/webprogram/Paper12549.html |
| Description | Presentation at Conference |
| 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 presentation at International Oat Conference, Perth Australia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation on Oat Genetic Diversity at 2nd Food Oats Conference Lund, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Initiated new collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://foodoatsconference.com/ |
| Description | Prof Hai-Chen Ying et al CAS |
| 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 | visiting chinese acadmics were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Rank Prize Fund symposium on "Emerging opportunities and challenges for utilising bioactives from oats" Grassmere. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentations from Catherine Howarth, Irene Griffiths, Marc Loosley, Sara Tudor, Jack Davies and Aiswarya (Ash) Girija. Has led to funding appplications and new collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Scandinavian Phenotyping network visit |
| 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 | Erik Alexandersson and several colleagues from Nordic region visited to inspect advanced phenomic facilities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sept 2023 delegation from 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A group of Chinese Researchers from Nanjing, Wuhan and Shanghai visited for 2 days, gave and listened to seminars |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UKRI, MEDR, & Welsh Gov |
| 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 | visitors were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Visit to Forest Research, Rotarua, NZ |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to a phenotyping workshop that included people from other organisations in NZ and UBC Canada |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Wales Tech week |
| 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 | We hosted a remotely operated drone for BT, which was flown for the event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | primary school visits |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 2 local schools, led by an AU computer science lecturer, were given a tour of the research facilities and relevant projects explained and discussed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |