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Warwick research aims to deliver oilseed rape with natural resistance to a serious virus disease
The BBSRC has announced new research projects totalling £7 million with Warwick scientists aiming to deliver oilseed rape with natural resistance to a serious virus disease.
University of Warwick to use MAGIC to improve plant productivity
The Systems Biology Centre in the University of Warwick has just been awarded a research grant from BBSRC together with collaborators in Cambridge, Glasgow and the USA to work on substantially improving the photosynthesis efficiency of plants. The grant award to the full collaboration is for £1.6 million.
New path to water efficient seeds opens as TIP pips PIP as water gatekeeper
Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food security. The research not only provides the best map to date of the key protein that appears to be the principal gateway for water intake during seed germination - it also actually provides the right map as it appears much of the research to date was focussed on a much less relevant protein.
University of Warwick research means new disease-resistant Brussels sprouts in prospect
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Life Sciences have uncovered the genetic basis of remarkable broad-spectrum resistance to a viral infection that, in some parts of the world, is the most important pathogen affecting leafy and arable brassica crops including brusel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, swede and oilseed rape. They have tested resistant plants against a range of different strains of the virus taken from all over the world and so far, no strain has been able to overcome the resistance.