Resource use efficiency
Researchers are looking at ways of using resources more efficiently to grow crops and producing less waste both pre- and post- farmgate:
Nutrient Use efficiency
Projects: Graham Teakle
- Breeding oilseed rape with a low requirement for nitrogen fertiliser (Defra LINK LK0979)
- OREGINLink opens in a new window (Includes ongoing experiments on Nitrogen uptake in the BnaDFFS and sequence diversity of glutamine synthetase genes) (Defra IF0144)
- VeGIN - QTL (Quantitative trait loci) for Nitrogen content variation in Brassica oleracea (Defra IF0157)
- Enerbio PhD studentship - Improving the energy efficiency of biodiesel: reducing energy input and improving sustainability (TUCK Foundation, France)
Projects: Miriam Gifford
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Crop improvement for resource use efficiency (Defra WU0128Link opens in a new window)
Projects: Gary Bending and Andrew Taylor
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Growth and nutritional responses of crop plants to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Water Use efficiency
Projects: Miriam Gifford
- Crop improvement for resource use efficiency (Defra WU0128Link opens in a new window)
Previous projects: Rob Lillywhite
Previous projects: Rosemary Collier, Rob Lillywhite and Cranfield UniversityLink opens in a new window
- Identification and knowledge transfer of novel and emerging technology with the potential to improve water use efficiency within English and Welsh agriculture (Defra project WU0123)
Generic approaches to increasing water-use efficiency (WUE) in crops by enhancing abscisic acid biosynthesis (Defra 2007-2011)
Identification of molecular markers for water-use efficiency in horticultural crops(Defra 2004-2009)
Genetic control of root traits important for water use in horticultural crops(Defra 2005-2010)
Opportunities for reducing water use in agriculture (Defra 2006)