Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management Research

Projects

Projects per year 2001 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2027

• 37 Active
• 39 Not started
• 264 Finished

Projects per year

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  Investigating fungal spore production in UK arable crop systems under current and future environmental conditions

  Huang, Y.

  2/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: Research

  • crops 100%
  • spore dispersal 99%
  • spores 95%
  • fungal spores 64%
  • air 33%

• Investigating fungal spore production in UK arable crop systems under current and future environmental conditions

  Huang, Y.

  The Morley Agricultural Foundation (TMAF)

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: Research

• Clostridioides difficile in UK pigs and risks to the food chain (Phase 2)

  Goh, S. & Baines, S.

  4/09/23 → 3/09/27

  Project: Research

  • food chain 100%
  • pig 97%

• Health benefits of Montmorency tart cherry juice supplementation in adults with mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis; a placebo randomized control trial.

  Bottoms, L. & Goh, S.

  1/09/23 → 1/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Ulcerative Colitis 100%
  • Insurance Benefits 59%
  • Placebos 45%
  • Biological Products 30%
  • Vaccinium myrtillus 26%

• Screening varietal tolerance in potatoes and identifying potential alternate hosts of Alternaria spp.

  Huang, Y. & Karandeni Dewage, C. S.

  7/08/23 → 7/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Alternaria 100%
  • potatoes 61%
  • beans 45%
  • Alternaria alternata 41%
  • screening 39%

• Understanding interactions between Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa for improving control of phoma stem canker on oilseed rape in the UK

  Huang, Y. & Fitt, B.

  1/08/23 → 30/08/25

  Project: Research

  • Plenodomus biglobosus 100%
  • Plenodomus lingam 83%
  • Phoma 53%
  • stem cankers 53%
  • Brassica napus 39%

• CAPS: Collaborative action for pork safety (CAPS) (Phase 1)

  Goh, S. & Baines, S.

  10/07/23 → 9/07/24

  Project: Research

  • pork 100%
  • microbial ecology 63%
  • biosecurity 60%
  • swine production 59%
  • pathogens 59%

• Mechanisms of ventral body wall closure

  Formstone, C.

  2/03/23 → …

  Project: Research

• FOOD4YEARS: Exploring sources of nutritional information for older people: A feasibility Study

  McClinchy, J., Dickinson, A., Ibitoye, T. & Fallaize, R.

  2/01/23 → 29/12/23

  Project: Research

  • life years 100%
  • food 51%

• 31 March 2023: Identification, selection, characterization and optimisation of antimicrobial proteins from food insects and indigenous chickens’ skin and feathers as ingredients for food and industrial applications

  Ren, G., Timms, A., Fitt, B., Stair, J., Oloo, B., Nduko, J., Ogendo, J. & Mungai, N.

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • chicken skin 100%
  • antimicrobial proteins 96%
  • industrial applications 68%
  • feathers 66%
  • ingredients 53%

• UK-China Alliance: Development of the virtual centre of academic excellence for mycotoxin reduction, enhanced nutrition and food safety.

  Medina, A., Verheecke-Vaessen, C., Garcia-Cela, E., Siddiqui, S. & Vafeiadou, K.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • food safety 100%
  • food 88%
  • China 69%
  • nutrition 67%
  • European Union 62%

• Understanding plant/insect interactions

  Stotz, H.

  Felix Thornley Cobbold Agricultural Trust

  1/09/21 → 31/08/24

  Project: Research

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  • plant-insect relations 100%
  • students 36%
  • insect pests 34%
  • crops 29%
  • Drosophila suzukii 26%

• Characterization of the durable quantitative resistance of Brassica napus (oilseed rape) against Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot)

  Stotz, H.

  The Perry Foundation

  1/06/21 → 31/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Leaf Like Crystal 100%
  • Resistance 73%

• Setting a database to store ecological records from Bayfordbury

  Mashanova, A.

  11/01/21 → …

  Project: Research

  • records (publications) 100%
  • grasslands 34%
  • information storage 27%
  • flowering time 21%
  • shrublands 21%

• Identification of molecular mechanisms of mutations in Leptosphaeria maculans populations leading to breakdown of host resistance

  Karandeni Dewage, C. S.

  13/07/20 → …

  Project: Research

  • Genome 100%
  • Mutation 82%
  • Population 57%

• Book Activity: Confrontation between Science and Imagination

  Davies, K.

  1/06/20 → …

  Project: Other

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  • William Blake 100%
  • Historic 30%
  • Environmental Humanities 29%
  • Immanuel Kant 26%
  • Scientific Culture 24%

• Control of Plant-parasitic nematodes

  Davies, K., Perry, R. & Wileman, H.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • plant parasitic nematodes 100%
  • cyst nematodes 36%
  • biological control agents 26%
  • phylogeny 16%
  • testing 11%

• Genetic Control of Lemna growth rate and protein content

  Barrero Sicilia, C. & Huang, Y.

  2/03/20 → 1/03/24

  Project: Research

  • Lemna gibba 100%
  • Lemna 95%
  • Lemna minor 92%
  • metabolomics 69%
  • protein content 66%

• Evaluation of nicotine and its analogues to remediate dyskinesias and cognitive deficits associated with Parkinson's disease

  Iravani, M.

  27/08/19 → …

  Project: Research

  • Dyskinesias 100%
  • Parkinson Disease 88%
  • Nicotine 80%
  • nicotinic receptor alpha4beta2 35%
  • Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine 27%

• Paraglacial modification, stabilisation and bio-engineering on recently-deglaciated moraines in the Swiss Alps

  Eichel, J., Draebing, D., Curry, A. & Sands, T.

  1/09/18 → …

  Project: Research

• Development of a med diet app

  Hoffman, R., Sofi, F. & Dinu, M.

  30/05/16 → …

  Project: Research

• Identification and Quantification of Potato Cyst Nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida

  Davies, K.

  3/08/15 → …

  Project: Research

  • cyst nematodes 100%
  • Globodera 63%
  • Nematoda 62%
  • potatoes 61%
  • Globodera pallida 57%

• The effect of mowing on grassland plant communities at Bayfordbury

  Mashanova, A.

  1/03/13 → …

  Project: Research

  • grassland 100%
  • mowing 64%
  • plant community 46%
  • tree planting 31%
  • habitat 29%

• BeeZee Bodies

  Towell, R.

  11/02/13 → …

  Project: Consultancy

  • Program Management 100%
  • Obesity 53%

• Stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes

  Baydoun, A.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: Other

  • Cardiac Myocytes 100%
  • Stem Cells 79%
  • Myocardium 59%
  • Stem Cell Research 47%
  • Western World 44%

• Vascular calcification

  Baydoun, A.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: Other

  • Vascular Calcification 100%
  • DMD circulating plasma factor 38%
  • Chronic Renal Insufficiency 35%
  • Serum 26%
  • Vascular Stiffness 22%

• The inducible L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway

  Baydoun, A.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: Other

  • Basic Amino Acid Transport Systems 100%
  • Nitric Oxide 92%
  • Enzyme Induction 59%
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase 55%
  • Arginine 52%

• Native Crayfish ex situ breeding programme

  Edmonds-Brown, V.

  20/05/12 → …

  Project: Other

  • crayfish 100%
  • breeding programs 37%
  • breeding 27%

• Identifying misconnection hotspots - River Lee case study

  Edmonds-Brown, V.

  12/03/12 → …

  Project: Other

  • catchment 100%
  • river 64%
  • water 40%

• An Exploration of the views and experiences of staff and attendees at a 1970s residential weight loss camp for teenage girls

  Towell, R.

  3/10/11 → …

  Project: Other

  • human science 100%
  • health science 90%
  • camp 74%
  • loss 34%

• Lead Consultant - Veolia Water Consultancy Project (£14,000)

  Jenkins, J.

  1/01/11 → …

  Project: Consultancy

  • consultancy 100%
  • tariff 45%
  • project 37%
  • water 21%

• £20,000 - Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) of Thailand "To investigate Effects of Grazing System on Thai-esaan Native beef cattle performance, conjugated linoleic acid composition and botanical changes in organic grassland"

  Higgs, D. & Pholsen, S.

  1/10/10 → …

  Project: Other

  • higher education 100%
  • grazing systems 85%
  • conjugated linoleic acid 80%
  • beef cattle 68%
  • Thailand 64%

• LFLC: Learning From Legendary Coaches

  Turner, D.

  2/09/08 → …

  Project: Other

  • Coaching 100%
  • Sports 52%
  • coach 45%
  • Phronesis 31%
  • Cricket 30%

• £3500 - For investigating the field performance of four forage legume species in N.E. Thailand

  Higgs, D. & Pholsen, S.

  1/05/07 → …

  Project: Other

  • forage legumes 100%
  • Thailand 77%

• £2000 - To investigate the effects of “Calvalcade” –<em>Centrosema pascuorum</em> cv.Cavalcade- on silage quality of main crop and ratoon crop of Sorghum IS 23585 cv

  Higgs, D. & Pholsen, S.

  1/05/07 → …

  Project: Other

  • Centrosema pascuorum 100%
  • ratooning 74%
  • silage 52%
  • crops 28%

• £3500 - TROFREC to investigate the effects of forage grass species on organic production systems on Korat Soils Series in N.E. Thailand

  Higgs, D. & Pholsen, S.

  1/05/07 → …

  Project: Other

  • forage grasses 100%
  • organic production 82%
  • Thailand 74%
  • production technology 67%
  • soil 40%

• £1500 - Awarded to David Higgs (from Thai Government) "Interaction between the yield and growth dynamics of tropical forage grasses with legumes and organic fertilisers"

  Higgs, D. & Pholsen, S.

  1/01/06 → …

  Project: Other

  • tropical grasses 100%
  • forage grasses 90%
  • organic fertilizers 79%
  • legumes 59%