Crop science
Co-funders
INRA
Funding total
£1,675,000
Number of projects funded
5
Purpose
To encourage transnational collaborative programmes in crop science in order to maximise value of investments in this area, and gain advantage from synergy in working and sharing of resources.
Key aims
- Delivery of recommendations from the Crop Science Review including:
- Encourage increased collaboration with European partners, and particularly INRA
- Gain benefit from shared investment and resources o encourage translation of genomic information from models to crops
- Initiate a smaller scale activity to set the scene for the ERA-PG initiative and other bilateral activities with French partners
Outputs
- 5 funded projects in three collaborations with researchers in French laboratories
Contact
Adam Staines
adam.staines@bbsrc.ac.uk
tel: 01793 414669
fax: 01793 413234