SF TF 170 - CTP for Fruit Crop Research (Studentships)

Summary

AHDB, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and UK leading fruit industry organisations jointly funded Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTPs) to train the next generation of skilled people for the horticultural research base and wider bioeconomy by providing PhD students with a first-rate, challenging research training experience within the context of a mutually beneficial research collaboration between academic and partner organisations.

This pioneering partnership between businesses, research providers and the AHDB will provide a world-class horticultural and bioscience UK research training programme. The programme will address the scientific challenges faced by agri-businesses, from crop production, food quality and supply, through to consumer preference and consumer waste.

Cohort

Code

Name

Title

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-1   

Christina Conroy

Developing a ‘push-pull’ strategy for the management of Drosophila suzukii

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-2

Carlota Gonzalez

Mechanisms of winter dormancy break and how to better influence in the context of climate change

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-3

Sophia Bellamy

Biocontrol as a key component to manage brown rot diseases on stone fruit 

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-4

Magdalena Cobo-Medina

Combining root architecture, root function and soil management to improve production efficiency and quality of apples 

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-5

Stuart Edwards 

Pests, plants and parasitoids: how does climate variability affect tri-trophic interactions in apple orchards? 

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-7

Alexander Gabriel

Human robot interaction

2017

CTP-FCR-2017-8

Raymond Martin

Strawberry detection, imaging and deep learning

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-1

Thomas Heaven

Using precision diagnostic technologies to tailor disease management strategies

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-2

Nicholas Doddrell 

Genetic  manipulation of photosynthetic efficiency to increase strawberry yields

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-4

Matteo Luberti

Investigating durable resistance to Phytophthora cactorum in strawberry and apple

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-5

Chris Cook

Understanding soil resilience to improve tree health

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-6

Justin LeLouëdec 

Application of novel machine learning techniques and high speed 3D vision algorithms for real time detection of fruit

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-7

Wayne Andrews

A Deep Learning project to develop automated visual recognition of strawberry disease

2018

CTP-FCR-2018-8

George Onoufriou 

The augmented agronomist: Synthesis of AI, ML and robotics to assist decision support

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-1

Ross George

New approaches to aphid control in strawberries combining botanicals with natural enemies

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-2

Winnie Swann

Optimizing the light recipe for maximum photosynthesis, yield and quality in strawberry

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-4

Akinkunmi Akinyanju

Making genotyping cheaper and easier

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-5

Catherine Chapman

Belowground carbon sequestration potential of apple trees

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-6

Cindayniah Godfrey

Resistance and susceptibility in interactions between apple and woolly aphids

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-7

Samantha Lynn

Powdery mildew resistance in strawberry fruit

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-8

Sophie Read

Towards year-round production of UK strawberries

2019

CTP-FCR-2019-9

Lauren Farwell

Epidemiology and management of Cladosporium rot in raspberry

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-1

Phil Johnson

Accurate control of a low-cost soft robotic arm for automated strawberry picking

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-2

Jack Stevenson

Precision agriculture: AI- and Expert- based approach to forecast fruit production in high intra-field variation settings

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-3

Adam Gregg

Characterising broad-acting resistance to bacterial canker of cherry and elucidating tissue-specific mechanisms of immunity

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-4

Hayden Tempest

Radio-tagging earwigs to understand the breakdown in successful woolly apple aphid,Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) control

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-5

Finlay Bourquin

Engineering tolerance to Botrytis in soft fruit crops

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-6

Marios Stamatiou

Managing living mulch (cover crops) to improve soil health (including nutrient cycling) and encourage natural enemies

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-8

Ece Moustafa

Improving cane crop resilience by overcoming the legacy effects on photosynthesis during the recovery from short-term combined stresses

2020

CTP-FCR-2020-9

Eithne Browne

Is there more to raspberry root rot than Phytophthora rubi?

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-1

Haidee Tang

Using climatic and microbiome data to predict apple fruit quality

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-2

Hamish McLean

Investigating abiotic and biotic factors affecting apple canker (Neonectria ditissima) symptom development

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-3

Katie Stewart

Understanding the dynamics of ascospore production to optimise apple scab management

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-4

George Woodward

What factors control variation in floral initiation in strawberry?

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-5

William Atkinson

Manipulation of stomatal density to improve CO2 uptake in strawberry and blueberry

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-6

Camila Gonzalez

Dissecting the control of continuous cropping in strawberry using genetic mapping and gene-editing

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-7

Emily Johnstone

Overcoming the limitations to yield in strawberry

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-8

Katherine James

High-throughput robotic phenotyping of fruit traits for automatic strawberry harvesting

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-9

Laura Martinez

Attacking the clones: understanding resistance of aphid pests to biological control

2021

CTP-FCR-2021-10

Mengjie Fan

Optimising photosynthetic performance, marketable yields and berry quality using blue light

2022

CTP-FCR-2022-01

Deborah Babalola

The genetics of flowering in raspberry and blackberry – what makes a primocane?


 

Sector:
Horticulture
Project code:
SF/TF 170
Date:
01 April 2017 - 31 March 2022
Funders:
AHDB Horticulture
AHDB sector cost:
£288,000
Project leader:
XIANGMING XU, NIAB EMR
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