Generation of oat varieties with enhanced resistance to crown rust and mildew
Lead Research Organisation:
Aberystwyth University
Department Name: IBERS
Abstract
This project will utilise modern marker assisted breeding methods to develop lines of oat resistant to crown rust and mildew fungal diseases. Innovative aspects include the genetic dissection of resistance mechanisms identified in certain oat genotypes, and the use of syntenic relationships with a model plant species to identify genes and markers associated with resistance. Following introgression of the resistance genes into elite germplasm the resulting lines will be comprehensively tested in the field for pathogen resistance and agronomic performance. The project addresses concerns raised by 91/414/EEC in that inexpensive triazole fungicides currently used in oats will be deregistered. Development of genetic resistance offers the only economically viable solution in oats to prevent losses in crop yield and quality due to these fungal diseases which are becoming more prevalent in the UK due to global climate change. Economic benefits include the maintenance and enhancement of the UK area sown with oats, a crop with significant benefits to producers of healthy food products, animal feed manufacturers and industrial processors, while the use of environmentally damaging fungicides will be rendered unnecessary. The project brings together the major UK company producing and marketing oat seed (Senova Ltd), the major UK institute engaged in arable crop evaluation and crop pathology (NIAB), the major UK oat breeding and genetics research organisation (IBERS, Aberystwyth) and a large farmer member based organisation engaged in crop evaluation and technology transfer (TAG) in a consortium which has the skills and commercial experience to deliver the project outcomes.
Organisations
- Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- Technology Strategy Board, United Kingdom (Co-funder)
- BBSRC, United Kingdom (Co-funder)
- University of North Dakota (Collaboration)
- Agriculture & Agri-food Canada (Collaboration)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Collaboration)
- University of Saskatchewan, Canada (Collaboration)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) (Collaboration)
- National Inst of Agricultural Botany (Collaboration)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA (Collaboration)
- Brigham Young University (Collaboration)
- General Mills (UK) Ltd (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Athole Marshall (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bekele WA
(2018)
Haplotype-based genotyping-by-sequencing in oat genome research.
in Plant biotechnology journal
Boyle R
(2015)
Image-based estimation of oat panicle development using local texture patterns
in Functional Plant Biology
Chaffin AS
(2016)
A Consensus Map in Cultivated Hexaploid Oat Reveals Conserved Grass Synteny with Substantial Subgenome Rearrangement.
in The plant genome
Chappell A
(2017)
The agronomic performance and nutritional content of oat and barley varieties grown in a northern maritime environment depends on variety and growing conditions
in Journal of Cereal Science
Leveau A
(2019)
Towards take-all control: a C-21ß oxidase required for acylation of triterpene defence compounds in oat.
in The New phytologist
Marshall A
(2013)
Crops that feed the world 9. Oats- a cereal crop for human and livestock feed with industrial applications
in Food Security
Montilla-Bascón G
(2013)
Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Among Oat Cultivars and Landraces
in Plant Molecular Biology Reporter
Montilla-Bascón G
(2015)
Genome-wide association study for crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) and powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. avenae) resistance in an oat (Avena sativa) collection of commercial varieties and landraces.
in Frontiers in plant science
| Description | The objective of this grant was to develop molecular based approaches that would enable resistance to two fungal pathogens, mildew and crown rust to be integrated into the IBERS winter and spring oat breeding programmes. Changes in the virulence of crown rust in the past 30 years were monitored and identified changes in the susceptibility of oat varieties over this time period. We also quantified the effect of crown rust infection on both grain yield and quality with a 10% incidence of crown rust resulting in a decrease in yield of 0.82 t/ha. Crown rust also affected grain quality in susceptible varieties. Using a combination of molecular mapping and controlled environments for innoculation of plants with disease has enabled the development of molecular markers that are now being used in the oat breeding programme to select resistant varieties. These have been validated in further CE studies and have now been sown in the field over 2 growing seasons and several sites with the first harvest in 2014 showing promising results. Further field data was collected in 2015 from several sites despite this being a low disease year. The new novel resistant varieties developed by this project not only maintained yield when crown rust was present but also grain quality. Following on from this an economic assessment of the value of breeding for disease resistance was undertaken which has been of immense interest to a range of stakeholders. |
| Exploitation Route | These findings will be publicised through scientific papers and used to develop oat varieties resistant to these diseases. These will then be available for other plant breeders to integrate into their breeding programme. The findings have also been demonstrated at a number of conferences, stakeholder meetings, opendays and specialised events such as the Just Oats stand at the Cereals event. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Description | Information obtained within this research project has been integrated into the IBERS oat breeding programme to develop improved oat varieties with improved resistance to crown rust and mildew. These new varieties have now been grown in field trials for the first time with commercial partners. These varieties have the potential to improve the economic value of winter and spring oats, not requiring application of fungicides as well as delivering environmental benefits. The findings from this project have been publicised and applied in oat breeding programmes in Canada, USA and Poland and has led to successful new funding applications |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | AHDB competitive funding |
| Amount | £157,841 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2200002 |
| Organisation | Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 2 - Industrial Research Award |
| Amount | £1,872,072 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | HGCA |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RD-2012-3774 |
| Organisation | Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Home Grown Cereals Authority |
| Amount | £45,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Home Grown Cereals Authority |
| Amount | £157,841 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 220-0002 |
| Organisation | Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | LINK |
| Amount | £2,773,873 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/M000869/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| 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 | Natural Products Network |
| Amount | £44,372 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| 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 |
| Title | Molecular markers for disease resistance in oats |
| Description | Molecular markers have been developed to enable plant breeders to screen oat seedlings for resistance to crown rust and mildew. This enables breeding material to be evaluated at an early stage of seedling develoment thus reducing the cycle time for breeders. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This will increase the speed and precision of selecting for crown rust and mildew resistant material in oats. |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | Brigham Young University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | General Mills (UK) Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Department | Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | University of North Dakota |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | CORE |
| Organisation | University of Saskatchewan |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Phenotyping, genomics and data analysis expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | multi-locational field trials and sequencing analysis |
| Impact | doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0102 doi: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.10.0103 PLOSone 8(3): e58068 BMC Genomics 10: 39 |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | TSB disease resistance |
| Organisation | National Institute of Agronomy and Botany (NIAB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Screening novel genotypes bred in Aberystwyth using marker assisted selection for disease resistance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Field and glasshouse screening for disease resistance |
| Impact | multi-displinary |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Title | A new spring husked oat added to the UK Recommended List |
| Description | The spring husked oat variety Conway was added to the UK Recommended List. |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | Good grain quality and resistance to mildew, it has been marketed through links with commercial partners. |
| Title | Husked spring oat variety Spurtle |
| Description | Added to AHDB National List |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | excellent yield and grain quality for milling industry |
| Title | Naked spring oat variety Madison |
| Description | Successfully added to AHDB National List |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | enhanced yield and quality |
| Title | New winter oat variety Coracle |
| Description | High yield and good grain quality milling oat added to National List |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | high yield and excellent grain quality |
| Title | New winter oat variety Penrose |
| Description | New high yielding oat variety successfully added to National List |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | Variety incorporated into extensive trials with commercial partners |
| Title | New winter oat variety Puffin |
| Description | New winter oat variety added to National List |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | New high yielding oat variety |
| Title | Peleton |
| Description | naked winter oat variety added to UK recommended list |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | new naked oat with enhanced yield |
| Title | Winter oat Galloway |
| Description | husked winter oat variety added to UK recommended list |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | Novel variety with enhanced husk lignin digestibility |
| Title | plant variety- Griffin |
| Description | husked winter oat variety Griffin added to UK recommended list |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | enhanced grain yield and quality |
| Description | Attendance at Sutton Scotney open day where the new oat varieties were grown in filed plots. This project was part of the programme. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 135 visitors attended the event which provoked considerable interest and questions. Questions arose regarding when the new avrieties would be available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Cereals 2014 |
| 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 | Display and presentation (Just Oats: Breeding in the 21st century) at Cereals 2014 Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Cereals 2015 |
| 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 | Presentation and display (Just Oats: Breeding in the 21st century) at an Industry event Boothby Graffoe, Lincs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Cereals 2016 |
| 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 | Display and knowledge transfer at BBSRC and AHDB stands and detailed discussions with stakeholders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Cereals event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The project was part of a larger display and involved a number of visiors over 2 days, enquiring about the project and learning about the project outcomes. A key feature of the display has been an economic analysis of the value of the research in improving disease resistance in oats. Farmers and plant breeders and agronomists asked about when the new oat varieties would be available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2015 |
| Description | Cereals in Practice event - July 2017 |
| 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 in Practice event - July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conservation Agriculture 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 | meeting between farmers and researchers discussing the use of heritage oat varieties and how varieties are developed and tested, recovery of genes unavailable in modern plant breeding by the use of landraces, the use of mixtures to provide more resilience to local environmental conditions and whether the recommended list system is fit for purpose, particularly for the needs of organic agriculture which all resulted in considerable discussion and plans for new research activities and funding proposals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | EU Mycotoxin Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Simon Edwards at the European Mycotoxin Forum BRussels |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Eucarpia congress Zurich |
| 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 grain quality in oats |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Farmers weekly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article for farmers weekly- "Growers urged to look at oats as a new crop". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Industry visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation to the Waitrose primary Porducer Group and visit to field plots- the role and potential of oats in animal feed diets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Innovate UK event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | invited to speak on optimising oat yield at Innovate UK event on Game changing technologies for agriculture in the bio-economy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited paper at International Oats Conference, St Petersburg Use of disease resistance alleles in UK oat breeding |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions held on world-wide project on crown rust resistance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Meeting with AHDB (Jan 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with AHDB on promoting the research outcomes from BBSRC LINK and InnovateUK projects on oats. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | NIABTAG open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Open day to farmers, agronomists and the grain trade |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | North America Oat Forum |
| 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 | Discussion meeting of oat researchers from the USA and Canada to discuss future priorities for research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| 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 | Oats work incoluded in Plant Breeding Workshop at IBERS - delegates from Morocco and Khazakhstan |
| 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 | Oats work incoluded in Plant Breeding Workshop at IBERS - delegates from Morocco and Khazakhstan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Participation at Royal WElsh Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Royal Welsh Show is the largest agricultural show in the Uk attracting more than 50,000 per day. This project featured on the IBERS stand and was visited by farmers, policy makers, researchers and public interested in the project and its outcomes. General interest in the application of modern breeding technology to improved oat varieties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015 |
| Description | Participation in MonoGram event, Bristol - 4th-6th April 2017 |
| 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 | Participation in MonoGram event, Bristol - 4th-6th April 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.monogram.ac.uk/MgNW2017.php |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genome XX11 oats |
| 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 Diploid Avena genomics resources and their application |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxii/webprogram/Paper12962.html |
| Description | Plant and Animal Genome XXI |
| 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 Developing and Using Genetic and Genomic Resources in Pearl Millet for Enhanced Traits Dissection and Breeding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxi/webprogram/Paper6320.html |
| Description | Plenary paper International Oats Conference St Petersburg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions held on joint funding opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Dalehead farmers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on developments in breeding oats for animal production systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | STAR Open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 85 farmers attended the event, with a member of staff attending alongside the NIAB/TAG staff. Interest was shown in the new oat varieties with wide ranging discussions on the value of improvinf disease resistance in oats and the project outcomes. Interest was expressed as to when the new oat varieties would be available. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | TEAGASC tillage conference |
| 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 | TEAGASC tillage conference involving discussion with farmers, researchers and other practioners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Transatlantic oat rust forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker at Oat Rust Forum, Cornell November 2017 binging together researchers from Europe, Australian, USA and Canada |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit by IBERS InnovOat team to Canadian oat breeders as part of Canadian Partnering Award - 7th-13th July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by IBERS InnovOat team to Canadian oat breeders as part of Canadian Partnering Award - 7th-13th July 2017. Developing links and discussing strategies and implementation of molecular techniques into breeding programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit of Indian High Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Indian economics minister during visit to IBERS- "Oat breeding" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Visit of Welsh Government- Oat breeding at IBERS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Representatives of the Welsh GOvernment visited IBER- a presentation was given on breeding of oats for end users, focusing on the value of the QUOATS project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | project outcomes disseminated at Sutton Scotney OpenDay 2015 |
| 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 | More than 100 farmers and growers attended an open day at Sutton Scotney, hosted by NIAB/TAG. This included demonstrations of field plots including novel oat lines developed by the project. Interest in the outcome of the project was considerable with extensive discussions and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | project outcomes were presented at the oats2020 conference held in Birmingham in NOvermer 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on the outcomes of this project was given at the osts2020 conference. This conference included partcipants from the UK and overseas representing the wjhole of the oat supply chain from research to industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |