Common interests in durable rust and blast resistance in wheat

Lead Research Organisation: National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Department Name: Centre for Research

Abstract

 
Description This ISIS travel awarded funded Dr Lesley A Boyd to visit Embrapa-Trigo in Brazil. Discussions during this visit lead to new project proposals and collaborations. Plans were made for 3 PhD students to spend 6 months working at NIAB, Cambridge, UK over the following 3 years. A joint BBSRC UK-Brazilian Partnership award was submitted jointly to BBSRC and CNPq (The Brazilian research funder). Both parts of the Partnership award were funded.
Exploitation Route This ISIS travel awarded funded Dr Lesley A Boyd to visit Embrapa-Trigo in Brazil. Discussions during this visit lead to new project proposals and collaborations. Plans were made for 3 PhD students to spend 6 months working at NIAB, Cambridge, UK over the following 3 years. A joint BBSRC UK-Brazilian Partnership award was submitted jointly to BBSRC and CNPq (The Brazilian research funder). Both parts of the Partnership award were funded.
Sectors Agriculture, Food and Drink

 
Description This ISIS travel awarded funded Dr Lesley A Boyd to visit Embrapa-Trigo in Brazil. Discussions during this visit lead to new project proposals and collaborations. Plans were made for 3 PhD students to spend 6 months working at NIAB, Cambridge, UK over the following 3 years. A joint BBSRC UK-Brazilian Partnership award was submitted jointly to BBSRC and CNPq (The Brazilian research funder). Both parts of the Partnership award were funded.
First Year Of Impact 2013
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink
Impact Types Societal,Economic

 
Description BBSRC-Embrapa
Amount £536,246 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/N01622X/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2016 
End 05/2019
 
Description UK-Brazilian International Partnering Award
Amount £39,000 (GBP)
Funding ID BB/K021435/1 
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2013 
End 07/2016