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Projects:

Miriam Gifford

• Crop improvement for resource use efficiency (Defra WU0128)

Previous projects at Warwick:

Rob Lillywhite

• The water footprint of selected UK produced and consumed products (Defra WU0120)

Rosemary Collier, Rob Lillywhite and Cranfield University

• 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)

EU Water-bee project

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)