New varieties of direct seeded rice for farmers in Lower Middle Income Countries
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Plant Sciences and the Bioeconomy
Abstract
Rice is the most important staple crop for people in low and lower-middle-income countries. It has been estimated that over 3.5 billion people in Asia rely on rice to live. Rice is the fastest growing food staple in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of the fastest in Latin America. Rice is a major user of water; approximately 24-30% of total fresh water and around 34-43% of total irrigation water is used in rice cultivation. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that about 1.2 billion people could face freshwater shortages by 2020 and crop yields could drop by 30% by 2050. Water requirement for rice is two-three times that of other cereals. In the majority of the rice growing areas especially in lower and middle-income countries, it is cultivated in puddled transplanted conditions which is highly labour and water intensive. The requirement of large amounts of increasingly scarce water, labour and energy resources is making rice production less profitable. In addition, increased urbanisation has shifted labour from rural to urban areas. In many parts of South and Southeast Asia, farmers are switching to direct seeded rice (DSR) as a more sustainable alternative. To obtain a good crop using DSR it is imperative that the seeds germinate quickly in the soil and that the seedlings grow vigorously. However, because breeders have focused on developing traditionally cultivated varieties for puddled transplanted rice, there has been little or no selection for seed vigour and associated seedling traits desirable for DSR. The lack of stable yielding and dry direct seeded adapted varieties for DSR system is a major limitation in achieving the maximum yield potential under water and resource limited conditions. This project team has been successful in identifying rice lines suitable for DSR through their recent research. Using a parallel laboratory and field phenotyping programme on a large set of rice varieties, we have identified hitherto 'unknown' varieties more suitable to DSR in terms of their seed traits. As a next step, we want to use these lines to combine with current good yielding and disease resistant rice cultivars to generate new high-yielding "DSR adapted" rice varieties. Once we develop these new varieties, we would then evaluate their performance in the field at multiple locations. Finally, the most promising breeding lines will be nominated for state level and national level field trails before release of these varieties to farmers. This last step is beyond the timeline of this project; however, we have a clear vision for delivery in accordance with our partners. IRRI has a long track record in rice breeding, our partner having developed more than 50 new varieties over the last 20 years. With the changing climatic conditions and reducing labour-water availability, the potential contribution of "DSR adapted" rice varieties and DSR adapted cultivation system to develop a sustainable rice based agri-food system has never been more vital.
Planned Impact
The main impact beneficiaries of this project will be rice farmers in Lower Middle Income Countries on the DAC list. Rice is the most important staple crop for more than half the world's population, where it has been estimated that over 3.5 billion people rely on it to provide in excess of 20% of their daily calories. Climate change presents a significant challenge to the sustained production of rice, which is already coping with the growing food demand driven by population growth in developing countries. Drought is the most important limiting factor for rice production and is becoming an increasingly severe problem. The dominant method of rice cultivation is puddled transplanted rice (PTR), which accounts for about 55% of global crop area and around 75% of world production. Rice plants use between 1500-2500 litres of water to produce one kilogram of seed. The availability of water for agriculture in general (and rice cultivation in particular) is decreasing due to a shift in rainfall patterns, with less rain at the beginning of the season making irrigation for PTR less reliable. Furthermore, increased industrialisation has led to increased agricultural labour shortages. Mechanised dry direct seeded rice (DSR) is becoming a more attractive alternative to PTR. Many farmers are transitioning to dry DSR owing to this combination of environmental, social and economic factors. In South Asia this transition is occurring fastest in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, and in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar in Southeast Asia. However, DSR has yet to be adopted in many countries and regions because suitable rice varieties are not yet available. In Southeast Asia this issue is of particular relevance owing to the importance of rice to the national food security, economy and livelihoods, and also because of the intensity of the impacts of climate change in the region. Adaptation in rice production systems has an important role to play. Farmers will need to have access to a genetically diverse range of improved DSR adapted rice varieties suited to a variety of ecosystem, farming practices and consumer taste.
The proposed project led by Rothamsted Research is in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). More than half the area of rice grown in Asia is planted to IRRI-bred varieties or their progenies. This project will directly generate better varieties for dry direct seeded conditions which will be released after evaluation using established IRRI delivery pipelines. DSR varieties require improved seed vigour so that they can germinate and emerge rapidly from deeper soil depth, where more moisture is available. This is currently a weakness of elite rice varieties, which have been bred for the PTR system where seed vigour is much less important. In addition, it has been estimated by researchers at IRRI that PTR contributes up to 20% of all methane emission hence the continued transition to DSR will have a major environmental benefit in combating global warming. DSR could increase rice yields by ~0.5 t/ha, reduce the need for irrigation by ~40 cm of water/ha, allow labour savings of ~25 person-days/ha, make energy savings of ~1,500 Mj/ha, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ~1,500 kg of CO2 equivalent/ha and increased net economic returns by USD 50/ha in most of the rice growing countries in Asia.
The proposed project led by Rothamsted Research is in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). More than half the area of rice grown in Asia is planted to IRRI-bred varieties or their progenies. This project will directly generate better varieties for dry direct seeded conditions which will be released after evaluation using established IRRI delivery pipelines. DSR varieties require improved seed vigour so that they can germinate and emerge rapidly from deeper soil depth, where more moisture is available. This is currently a weakness of elite rice varieties, which have been bred for the PTR system where seed vigour is much less important. In addition, it has been estimated by researchers at IRRI that PTR contributes up to 20% of all methane emission hence the continued transition to DSR will have a major environmental benefit in combating global warming. DSR could increase rice yields by ~0.5 t/ha, reduce the need for irrigation by ~40 cm of water/ha, allow labour savings of ~25 person-days/ha, make energy savings of ~1,500 Mj/ha, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by ~1,500 kg of CO2 equivalent/ha and increased net economic returns by USD 50/ha in most of the rice growing countries in Asia.
Organisations
- Rothamsted Research (Lead Research Organisation)
- International Rice Research Institute (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Punjab Aricultural University (Collaboration)
- French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (Collaboration)
- National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB) (Collaboration)
Publications
Description | The development of eco-friendly direct seeded rice (DSR) varieties with appropriate climate-smart phenotypes is part of the sustainable solution to food production in face of water, labour scarcity, drudgery and growing GHG emissions caused by human activity. The targeted traits include early germination, early vigour, long mesocotyl, root vigour, early and uniform emergence, and grain yield under DSR conditions. Based on trait data collected during the previously awarded BBSRC GCRF award and analysed as part of this award, we were in a position to select the six best donor accessions that carry our traits of interest. These are Aus344, N22, Kula Karuppan, NCS237, Ashmber and IRGC12844. These selected six best donors have been crossed with recipient varieties: PR126, PR121 (early elite indica rice varieties with better yield and adaptability under aerobic direct seeded cultivation conditions) and MTU1010 (mild drought tolerant rice variety widely grown in India adapted to upland conditions and possessing better root system). Currently we have generated several hundred F2:3 rice lines using seven chosen germplasm in the recurrent background MTU1010. In addition, F3 seed for 3 germplasm in the background PR126 was tested at PAU and another set of F2 crossed to PR121 was evaluated at ISARC. Several good segregants that were identified based on their plant type and other agronomic performances have been advanced to F3/F4 generation. RES has received this germplasm to run through our modified high throughput phenotyping platform and record the improvement of early seed vigour traits in the introgressed lines to complement data acquired during field evaluation. The introgressed lines are being fixed by partners at PAU and IRRI and agronomic traits being evaluated. In addition, RES has developed a real-time imaging solution, allowing us to capture high resolution images of seedlings, growing in virtual darkness, as experienced beneath the soil, to assess seedling growth in vivo in real time. We have utilized this system to test the early germination characteristics of rice germplasm that are early or late establishers and we can observe very clear opposing patterns between these in terms of shoot to root ratios. These very early growth dynamics can be used as a potential screen for field performance. The RRES partners have also successfully adapted the system to monitor germination over the key period from the start of imbibition to shoot/root emergence, key for early seed vigour. Next-generation sequencing technology offers abundant genetic information and a solid basis for genome wide association studies (GWAS). GWAS explores natural variation and enables a greater number of significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to be identified. In our previous GCRF project, we measured the same trait: the mesocotyl length (ML), in 4 different experiments, and using the GWAS technique, we successfully identified SNPs associated with our ML trait, these constitute Maker Trait Associations (MTA). The allelic variation for each common MTA across the experiments for two group of germplasm, the common best and worst performers in each experiment, was extracted from the GWAS pipeline. From these analysis, three distinct haplotypes composed of 16 MTAs were detected. Our results show these haplotypes could form a set of molecular tools that would potentially help breeders in their breeding process. |
Exploitation Route | RRES has developed a high throughput phenotyping platform that allows precise and accurate assessment of the traits of interest. This will be an adaptation of the platform developed previously but will allow high throughput and for a more focused set of traits to accelerate selection. We are also building in abiotic stresses as a parameter in the screening platform to better mimic field conditions. Interest in using this system has been expressed by other rice research groups in the UK (Durham University, University of Aberdeen) and companies (Elsoms). Our findings will help rice breeders develop new varieties of rice that perform better under direct seeded conditions. We have identified rice varieties that have superior seedling vigour under laboratory and/or field conditions and also identified molecular markers for regions of their genome that are responsible. Together these materials and data can be used as tools in rice breeding programs, such as those conducted by the International Rice Research Institute. These better rice lines have been introgressed into elite varieties by PAU and IRRI and fixed lines are being generated that perform better under direct seeding. These are now in a genomics assisted marker breeding programme with backcrossing and a Recombinant Inbred Line population development in progress. Teh best donors and recipients were selected and RNA-Seq data generated for these lines, The RRES partners have successfully adapted our phenotyping system to monitor germination over the key period from the start of imbibition to shoot/root emergence, key for early seed vigour. This system is easily adaptable to other crop species and will be invaluable to seed breeders in the UK and worldwide. Haplotype selection tool: The development of the haplotype based molecular screening tool would allow rapid assessment of germplasm without the lengthy requirement for field-based studies. This could provide a significant step-change in the selection of germplasm for subsequent breeding programs. The haplotype tool generated by RES partners is currently under evaluation by our Indian partners in PAU and IRRI on a large subset of rice germplasm. In addition, the PAU partners are developing KASP markers which will be validated in the genomic regions identified in the project. We are also in the process of validating the identified genomic regions (MTAs) by integrating QTL mapping and transcriptomics approach. We have initiated a new collaboration with partners at CIRAD, France who are interested in further developing our phenomics data and associated imaging pipeline to further adapt it to capture more root traits that will be relevant to any crop species |
Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888754321003888?via%3Dihub |
Description | The trait/genetic marker data we have generated is the basis of a pre-breeding pipeline to deliver better germplasm for ODA countries, we are making significant advances in progressing the introgression pipeline for new rice varieties suitable for direct seeding of rice in Low and Middle Income countries. 1) We are now at the stage that we have F4 seed for the majority of our introgressed rice lines. These F4 seed are being tested in the field at PAU, IRRI-ISARC and IRRI-SAH, and are being selected for improved DSR performance across multiple field sites. 2) Presentation of our work on BBC Radio 4 in January 2021 (BBC Radio 4 - 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Super Rice). This was a great opportunity for the PI to present and discuss the ongoing research and elaborate on a successful international collaboration which will initially benefit rice farmers in low and middle income countries but in the longer run should also help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions produced by the puddled transplanting method of growing rice. 3) This work is now presented in the accompanying book, 39 ways to save the planet. This has the opportunity to reach a wider audience. 4) New germination screening system: The RRES partners have successfully adapted our phenotyping system to monitor germination over the key period from the start of imbibition to shoot/root emergence, key for early seed vigour. Previously we had been utilising the SeedGerm platform and by tweaking our current platform, we are now in a position to perform this in-house. Furthermore, the SeedGerm system required constant light which is not the natural condition these seed are exposed to in soil. Hence our dark-adapted system should reflect more 'true' conditions experienced by the rice seed in soil 4) Haplotype selection tool: The development of the haplotype based molecular screening tool would allow rapid assessment of germplasm without the lengthy requirement for field-based studies. This could provide a significant step-change in the selection of germplasm for subsequent breeding programs. The haplotype tool generated by RES partners is currently under evaluation by our Indian partners in PAU and IRRI on a large subset of rice germplasm. In addition, the PAU partners are also investigating KASP markers which would again allow rapid screening of F3 seedlings. |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment |
Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
Description | COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation |
Amount | £77,648 (GBP) |
Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2021 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | Future Food Beacon |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2021 |
End | 06/2025 |
Description | GCRF Agri Tech Seeding Award |
Amount | £15,546 (GBP) |
Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2021 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | QTL study in multiple rice mapping populations suitable for dry direct seeding |
Amount | £29,921 (GBP) |
Organisation | Rothamsted Research |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2022 |
End | 03/2023 |
Title | A live imaging system of measuring etiolated seedling growth |
Description | We have developed a time-laps image capture system for measuring the rate of rice seed germination and seedling growth in the dark. The purpose of this technology is to quantify phenotypic variation in seed/seedling vigour in order to assist in genetic improvement for rice for direct seeding. The system can also be applied to other crops in which early vigour is important. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The system has recently been demonstrated to our collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute. |
Title | A live imaging system to measure germination |
Description | We have refined a time-lapse image capture system for measuring the rate of rice seed germination in the dark. The system can also be applied to other crops in which early vigour is important. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | We are liaising with collaborators to test the system with various crop species. |
Title | KASP markers |
Description | KASP markers for identifying genomic regions identified in the project. |
Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | This assay will speed up identification of rice varieties that will be suitable for DSR and could form part of a valuable toolkit for breeders. |
Title | Etiolated rice seedling image database |
Description | We are creating a database of images of etiolated rice seedling that consists of ~900 accessions. These images can be used to quantify variation in seedling morphology. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Our data has been presented to our collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute and will be deposited in an open access database for other researchers to use. |
Title | GWAS and gene discovery pipeline |
Description | Built an in-house rapid and automated informatics pipeline using Cluster computer to run the GAPIT algorithm to perform GWAS analyses. Subsequently using R and Python scripts to discover underlying SNPs and therefore genes of interest. |
Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Facilitate rapid and accurate discovery of gene of interest controlling various agronomic traits. |
Title | Rice mesocotyl transcriptome |
Description | Mesocotyl length of etiolated rice seedlings varies greatly between accessions and this trait determines whether direct seeded rice can emerge from deep soil. To understand how mesocotyl length is controlled, we have generated a RNA-seq data set from accessions with short and long mesocotyls. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | We have presented this data to our collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute and it will be uploaded into a public database. |
Title | rice tissue specific transcriptome |
Description | There was a lack of tissue specific transcriptome data for indica rice (which would help facilitate the discovery of tissue-specific genes). Therefore we performed RNA-Seq from several tissues of rice plants (IR64). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | This data will be shared with our collaborators at the International Rice Research Institute and it will be uploaded into a public database. |
Description | FFB student |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Biology Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | This is a new collaboration focused on mesocotyl elongation in rice. We have genomic, transcriptomic, and phenomics data which will help underpin elucidating the control of mesocotyl elongation. |
Collaborator Contribution | modelling, CT scanning |
Impact | multidisciplinary- molecular, genetic, phenomics, modelling, transcriptomics |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Image analysis tool for root traits discovery in rice |
Organisation | French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Discuss and assess the development of an image analysis tool for root traits discovery in rice on dataset generated using phenotyping platform |
Collaborator Contribution | Good progress on automating root trait discovery |
Impact | Image analyses Crop breeding, phenomics, image processing |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | New Partner |
Organisation | International Rice Research Institute |
Country | Philippines |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | n/a |
Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge of breeding |
Impact | Dr Vikas Kumar Singh, Regional Breeding Lead-South Asia at International Rice Research Institute has joined as a co-I on this grant. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | RES ISF call |
Organisation | French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Generation and analyses of high resolution image data for around 650 rice lines. |
Collaborator Contribution | Developing new image analyses tools specifically for rice roots |
Impact | New analysis pipelines are being tested. The collaboration uses a combination of expertise in seedling vigour, phenotyping, and image analyses. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Studentship |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Biosciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Co-I is involved in a new PhD studentship with new partners at the University of Nottingham titled "Understanding hypoxia tolerance mechanisms for rice improvement" |
Collaborator Contribution | The co-I is a co-supervisor for the studentship project. The GCRF grant enabled the establishment of new phenotyping capabilities to investigate early seedling development in rice and this platform will be utilised within the studentship. In addition RNA-Seq dataset generated within the GCRF grant is being used to identify potential genes that may play a role in explaining differences in the behaviour of germplasm during anaerobic germination. |
Impact | At IRRI, the student will gain experience and insight into the rice breeding pipeline, where they will grow plants both in "screenhouse" and field conditions. In addition to training in rice genome editing technology, the student will have access to IRRI training courses covering broader aspects of rice research and value chain components (https://irri.org/our-solutions/irri-education). At Nottingham, the student will be trained in state-of-the art phenotyping approaches, including sophisticated data analysis. At Rothamsted, training will be provided in: proteomics, transcriptomics, plant biochemistry and physiology, including the associated data analyses (bioinformatics and statistics, with a focus on cross-omics integration). |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Studentship Future Food Beacon |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Biology Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | In the course of our rice projects, the PI and co-I analyzed seed of multiple rice accessions produced in field and controlled environment (CE) and discovered that maternal environment (ME) can strongly affect mesocotyl elongation in some accessions. In the indica 'mega' variety IR64, we found that mesocotyl length of etiolated seedlings from field-grown seed are 0.5-1cm, whereas those from CE are 6-8cm. It is known that ME can affect seed dormancy. However, little is known about the influence of ME on post-germinative development. The effect on mesocotyl elongation has not been reported previously and the observation has important implications. If we can understand the physiological cause(s) of this response and dissect the molecular mechanism, then this knowledge could assist in the development of better DSR varieties. |
Collaborator Contribution | Computational analysis of data is a key component of the project, which will include the requirement to learn and use image-based phenotyping, transcriptomics and genomic analysis pipelines. This aspect of the project will be overseen by the lead supervisor at the University of Nottingham, Dr Leah Brand. Non-invasive X-ray microCT imaging at UoN will help reveal what is happening in the soil at this critical establishment period. The student will plant 'long' and 'short' mesocotyl IR64 seed batches at different depths in pots containing soils of different strengths and measure emergence using destructive and non-invasive measurements including X-ray microCT at UoN (Professor Malcolm Bennett, co-supervisor). |
Impact | This collaboration is multi-disciplinary: it includes computational biology, plant development, seed biology, plant physiology, molecular biology, phenotyping, bioinformatics, crop genetics, statistics, X-ray microCT and AI-based image analysis. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | new collaboration |
Organisation | Punjab Aricultural University |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have set up an automated pipelines for GWAS and gene discovery in rice. |
Collaborator Contribution | New partnership with Dr Nitika Sandhu. There were technological restrictions to the informatics pipeline required for GWAS and gene discovery crucial to the project. With this in mind, we have created new rapid and automated pipelines in-house at Rothamsted for faster analyses and delivery on the project. We have also offered the use of this pipeline to Dr Sandhu for data analyses as part of the collaboration. |
Impact | Face to face meeting on 21st March, 2019 in UK. Working towards a joint publication. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | targeted knockdowns in crops |
Organisation | National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The NIAB crop transformation facility had an open call for transformations in crops (BBSRC funding to provide this capability to the research community free of charge). We utilised information regarding to seed size generated in our group to apply to the call to generate a knock-down in a locus of interest in rice in an attempt to see if the gene function translates from dicots species to monocot species. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner NIAB has provided transformation and initial screening of rice knockdown lines. |
Impact | We have received RNAi rice lines which will be screened and assessed. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | BBC Radio 4 |
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 | Presentation of our work on BBC Radio 4 in January 2021 (BBC Radio 4 - 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Super Rice). This was a great opportunity for the team to discuss the ongoing research and elaborate on a successful international collaboration which will initially benefit rice farmers in low and middle income countries but in the longer run should also help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions produced by the puddled transplanting method of growing rice. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qwt1 |
Description | Book |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Release of '39 ways to save the plant' book edited by Tom Heap in collaboration with BBC Radio4 and the Royal Geographical Society, contribution was a chapter describing our research on direct seeded rice. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/39-Ways-to-Save-the-Planet-by-Tom-Heap/9781785946974 |
Description | Discussions with IRRI scientists |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussions with Nese Sreenivasulu (IRRI), Outcome Theme Leader - Facilitating rice research through Enabling Technologies regarding new collaboration in rice seed research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Engagement with industry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | We are using the phenotyping platform generated as part of the project to test on crop species of interest to Elsoms. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Engagement with industry/stakeholder |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Discussions with Rice Tech regarding current research and possibilities regarding future collaborations using technologies created within this project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Lecture to undergraduate students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | A lecture on this project and related research and its impact in general terms was presented to 2nd year undergraduate students specialising in Plant Sciences module from Oxford Brookes University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Lecture to undergraduate students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture given to Plant Science module undergraduate students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Lecture to undergraduate students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture to 2nd year undergraduate students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lecture to undergraduate students |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | A lecture on this project and related research and its impact in general terms was presented to 2nd year undergraduate students specialising in Plant Sciences module from Oxford Brookes University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Member of UK Rice Consortium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The UK Rice Research consortium (UKRRC) has been established to highlight the breadth and quality of research in UK's based research institutions on rice, and to provide a focal point for building new networks both within the UK and with international partners. We have joined the consortium and also given a brief description of our research activities within this project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://ukrrc.org/ |
Description | Presentation at New Scientist Live event |
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 | A live Q+A session at New Scientist Live event in November 2020 to discuss science and how imaging can help advance science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://live.newscientist.com/exhibitors/rothamsted-research#/ |
Description | Presentation at UK Rice Consortium meeting for Early Career Researchers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This short meeting was focussed on providing a forum for all postdocs and PhD students involved in rice research projects to come together and exchange ideas and experience on working with rice in the UK. The meeting was very much led by the researchers themselves, providing them the opportunity to both network (find out about the range of rice research being performed across the country) but with a focus on the nuts-and-bolts of rice research in the lab and field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.dur.ac.uk/dccit/events/?eventno=46060 |
Description | Presentation at UK-RRC 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 | Presentation at the UK Rice Research Network (UKRRC) Online Meeting: 11-12 Nov 2020, Linking UK rice research with translational science for farmers' fields |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://ukrrc.org/2020/11/02/uk-rice-research-network-ukrrc-online-meeting-11-12-nov-2020-linking-uk-... |
Description | Presentation to potential new collaborators at CIRAD |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussions with Dr Christophe PERIN at CIRAD, Montepelier (attended by Pete, Smita and Gui). Presentation from both sides regarding research, possible collaborations, new tools for analysing transcriptome data |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Rice Symposium |
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 the UK Rice Research meeting, describing our phenotyping platform. Several groups have expressed an interest in using this. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://genetics.org.uk/events/uk-rice-research-consortium-ukrrc-2021-2/ |
Description | Smita Kurup participated in New Scientist Live event with a focus on ' How Bioimaging can help research' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | focus on ' How Bioimaging can help research' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |