CPPS seminar

The role of fungi in self-organisation of the soil-microbe complex
Professor John Crawford,
University of Abertay, Dundee
22 February 2007
(Download the poster as a pdf)
http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/6020

January News

1. Press launch for BBSRC Crop Science Initiative - see:
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/briefings/crop_launch.pdf

2. Drought, biofuel and population growth drive up wheat prices - see:
http://money.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1983574,00.html
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2006/11/16/99638/biofuel-plant-to-boost-uk-wheat-prices.html

3. HGCS research strategy for next 3 years - see:
http://www.hgca.com/cms_publications.output/2/2/Publications/Publication/HGCA%20RandD%20Strategy%202007-10.mspx?fn=show&pubcon=3600

4. Gene underlying elevated protein content in wheat cloned:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/5803/1298

Developments in biomass and biofuel production

1. Varietal variation in bioethanol content & research into improvements:
http://www.hgca.com/document.aspx?fn=load&media_id=2881&publicationId=3416
http://www.adas.co.uk/greengrain/index.html
http://www.greenspiritfuels.com/

2. Adas Report
ADAS Renewable energy capability statement Nov06

3. Plant Genomics:
http://www.erapg.org/everyone

4. Cereals:
http://www.smallgraincereals.org/
http://www.wgin.org.uk/index.php
http://www.wheatgenome.org/index.html
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG2/index.shtml
http://maswheat.ucdavis.edu/
http://www.cimmyt.org/

5. Organisations:
http://www.eucarpia.org/
http://www.monogram.ac.uk/
http://www.jic.ac.uk/
http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/
http://www.international.inra.fr/
http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/
http://www.defra.gov.uk/
http://www.hgca.com/