#PHD: Understanding wheat take-all infection spread, chemical resistance and biocontrol. In this #PhDproject, you will develop skills to analyse genetic diversity in a #pangenomics era. 🗓️ Apply by: 30 May 2024 okt.to/xsIBFL Delivering Sustainable Wheat Rothamsted Research John Innes Centre

We have a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Kroon Lab to work on the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research-funded Delivering Sustainable Wheat and collaborate with the research groups of Frederick Warren and Edwards_lab 🌾 💷 £35,300 to £43,750 🗓️ Apply by 19 June 2024 ➡️ buff.ly/3UOdL7B

🆕 Dr Cathrina Edwards Edwards_lab shares her expertise in the The Telegraph 📰 “What I would recommend paying most attention to is the fibre content. Fibre is really important for gut and metabolic health, but most people do not get enough." buff.ly/3V8nVQs

Does zero tillage lead to deeper rooting in wheat? Deep soil coring followed by X-ray imaging to find out at UoNBiosciences Hounsfield Facility today Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research

Finished taking deep cores from two more fields. Looking forward to X-ray CT image analysis to explore the effects of cultivation practices on soil structure and root architecture. Hounsfield Facility UoNBiosciences Delivering Sustainable Wheat Rothamsted Research Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research

Dr Simon Griffiths Delivering Sustainable Wheat featured in last week’s The Telegraph discussion article 🌾: “We need to get more out of the land we grow without damaging the environment.” Read more 🗞️: telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

#CIMMYT received up to $21.1M from Novo Nordisk Foundation for the #CropSustaiN initiative. This project aims to develop wheat varieties that reduce agriculture's #nitrogen footprint using biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)🌱🌍 #Sustainability bit.ly/4aN78Y6

#GreatNews It’s official! #Today we are announcing #CropSustaiN! It’s a pioneering initiative designed to reduce the #nitrogen footprint of #wheat cultivation. Thanks to the generous support from Novo Nordisk Foundation. #ExcellenceInScience #CIMMYT2030Strategy bit.ly/4aN78Y6

Congratulations to the #CropSustaiN initiative CIMMYT! This exciting project aims to reduce the nitrogen footprint of wheat cultivation. novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/new-in…

1 week until Cereals Event - don't miss Kim Hammond-Kosack on the topic of regenerative agriculture and the future of crop breeding 👩‍🔬 Come and find us at stand 503 and learn about our agricultural research, it could change the way you farm... #Cereals2024

Great to see so many DSW researchers taking part in John Innes Centre Breeders Day today!

Quadram Institute EJP Soil - WISH-ROOTS Rachel Wells Philippa Borrill and #PhD Student Miles Curl presenting their work on drought tolerance in #wheat #BreedersDay

Had a great day at the John Innes Centre breeders day talking about all our different starch mutants in wheat 🌾

Great day John Innes Centre Breeders day discussing slug resistant wheat farmer-led field trials. Could there also be OSR resistant to slugs & cabbage stem flea beetle? Watch this space... @BofinFarmers SLIMERS

EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (Delivering Sustainable Wheat) in Practice Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online course providing an entry-level intro to #wheat research 🗓️ 13 - 14 November 2024 ⏰ Deadline - 17 July 2024 Find out more and apply: okt.to/BtMvEr

EVENT - Delivering Sustainable Wheat (Delivering Sustainable Wheat) in Practice Applications are OPEN for this exciting two-day, online course providing an entry-level intro to #wheat research 🗓️ 12 - 13 November 2024 ⏰ Deadline - 17 July 2024 Find out more and apply: okt.to/dyEBUD

Working with Rothamsted Research as part of Delivering Sustainable Wheat, scientists at the Earlham Institute are generating improved genomic and pan-genomic resources to better understand the pathogenicity of wheat root fungus, take-all. okt.to/6ZnLod

Have you heard about the AHEAD mentoring Program? It aims to support the wheat experts of tomorrow and to involve Early Career Researchers into the network discussions and provide links between researchers, institutions and countries. Have a look! ahead-wheat.org

💬 “This work will provide the necessary baseline to map the unique #genomicdiversity of this incredible collection and associate this to traits of interest, such as resistance to pathogens, resilience to environmental challenges, and nutritional value.” okt.to/TltQvR

We're recruiting for a #ResearchSoftwareEngineer with experience in Linux, Unix, or similar programming, to support the development of our Grassroots platform - a data sharing portal for the #cropgenomics community. okt.to/RrMiHt