head of Exploring root resistance to take-all disease from wheat landraces and ancestral wheat relatives Understanding molecular basis of disease resistance against Septoria tritici blotch in wheat
principal investigator on 2021-BBSRC/NSF-BIO: Host Immunity as a Driver of Virulence Evolution in Cereal Rust Fungi 2022 - 2025 An integrated genomics/genetics approach for development of mungbean varieties with improved disease resistance 2018 - 2021
co-principal investigator on SeptProtect: Rapid effector discovery to protect wheat from Septoria tritici blotch disease 2024 - 2026 Direct drill for pre-breeding: Delivering research field trial capabilities for net-zero crop production in the UK 2023 - 2024 DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 2 (WP2) - Added value and resilience 2017 - 2023 Bilateral BBSRC-Embrapa: Using disease risk forecasting, NGS and HIGS to explore and control Fusarium Head Blight disease in wheat fields 2016 - 2019 Developing a Cereal Fertility Pipeline (CerFip) for wheat and barley. 2012 - 2016 BBSRC Embrapa - Using HIGS and si-RNA technologies to explore and control Fusarium Head Scab disease in wheat fields 2015 - 2016 Genetics and mechanisms of resistance to diseases caused by viral and fungal pathogens in wheat, barley and related plant species 2008 - 2012 Genetics and mechanisms of resistance to diseases caused by viral and fungal pathogens in wheat, barley and related plant species 2007 - 2008
