Professor Ian Dodd
Professor of Sustainable AgricultureCentre for Global Eco-innovation , Improving global stewardship, Plant and Crop Science
Plant and Crop Science
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Newton Impact Scheme: Evaluating the impact of climate resilient cereal varieties on farmer livelihoods and community nutrition in Peru.
28/02/2021 → 31/03/2022
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FLF: Enhancing crops with C2 photosynthesis
01/02/2021 → 31/01/2025
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Tomatoes for Tomorrow Network: maintaining a living laboratory in Mexico for the future of the cultivar under climate change
31/12/2020 → 30/12/2022
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PhotoBoost
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2025
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Argentina - UK Partnership to Improve Wheat Grain Quality
31/07/2020 → 30/07/2024
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Mesophyll airspace requirements for engineering C2 and C4 photosynthesis into C3 crops
01/02/2020 → 31/08/2022
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Can we reduce food waste in the supply chain from farm to fork?
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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Can we reduce the use of single use plastics in food production?
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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High throughput technologies for the efficient downstream processing of Recombinant proteins for production of low-cost rapid diagnostic kits
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2023
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High throughput technologies for the efficient downstream processing of Recombinant proteins for production of low-cost rapid diagnostic kits
01/10/2019 → 31/03/2023
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Impacts of seed priming on seed dormancy in temperate region tree species
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2020
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Phytochrome Coordination of Genomes: Novel Mechanisms for Environmental Control of Photosynthesis
01/09/2019 → 31/05/2023
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Two Internships Supporting the PURELIGHT Innovate UK Project
01/06/2019 → 31/12/2025
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Bean Breeding for Adaptation to a Changing Climate and Post-Conflict Colombia
01/04/2019 → 30/09/2021
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Field-based phytohormone phenotyping to select climate resilient cereal varieties
15/02/2019 → 14/02/2020
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What are the productivity advantages of C2 photosynthesis?
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2020
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GCRF Global IAA Institutional Award:RECIRCULATE impact event
01/12/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Entangled - light and circadian clock interconnect to regulate long non-coding RNA involved in critical plant processes
05/11/2018 → 31/12/2022
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N8: Exploring DNA-Nanoparticle Conjugates for Convenient Point-of-Use Detection of Plant Fungal Pathogens
05/11/2018 → 04/11/2019
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Preparatory action to Boost Global Crop Yield for Food & Nutrition Security and fueling a Bioeconomy
01/11/2018 → 30/04/2022
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Assessing the Potential for C2 Photosynthesis to Boost Crop Productivity
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2021
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Assessing the long-term impacts of plant activator compounds on disease resistance and crop productivity
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2022
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Maternal priming of seeds for enhanced pest and disease resistance
01/10/2018 → 30/09/2022
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Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
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IWYP - Induction: Faster Adjustment of Photosynthesis to shade-sun transitions in the field to improve wheat yields
15/05/2018 → 14/05/2022
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IWYP Call 2: Manipulating Stomatal Blue Light response in wheat to improve productivity
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2022
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Physiological characterization of heat-tolerant bean genotypes in simulated future environments to enhance post-conflict regional development
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Rutherford Fund Strategic Partner Grant 2018
01/04/2018 → 31/03/2019
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Plant protection products from tomato waste
19/02/2018 → 18/08/2018
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Complementary laboratory and field phenotyping to extend the future agro-climatic range of soybean
29/01/2018 → 31/01/2020
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Novel approaches for mitigating the impacts of Japanese knotweed
01/10/2017 → 30/09/2020
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RECIRCULATE : GCRF: Driving eco-innovation in Africa:capacity-building for a safe circular water economy
01/10/2017 → 31/12/2021
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RECIRCULATE : GCRF: Driving eco-innovation in Africa:capacity-building for a safe circular water economy
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2022
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Optimization of phytonutrient and vitamin content of salad leaves grown in an Intensive, multi-level hydroponics system using LED lighting
30/09/2017 → 30/09/2020
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Realising Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE2)
01/09/2017 → 31/03/2023
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Crop abiotic stress modulators
01/06/2017 → 31/05/2020
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N8 : Delaying Turnover of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate cardoxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) as a novel mechanism to enhance wheat yeilds.
01/05/2017 → 31/10/2018
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Bilateral NSF/BIO-BBSRC Synthesis of Microcompartments in plants for enhanced carbon fixation
01/12/2016 → 30/09/2021
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15-IWYP Wider and faster: high-throughout phenotypic exploration of novel genetic variation for breeding high biomass and yield in wheat
01/03/2016 → 30/09/2019
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15-IWYP Using Next Generation Genetic Approaches to Exploit Pheotypic Variation in Photosynthetic Efficiency to Increase Wheat Yield
01/02/2016 → 30/09/2019
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15-IWYP Realising increased photosynthetic efficiency to increase Wheat Yields
01/01/2016 → 30/09/2019
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Exploiting a Cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating Mechanism to increase Photosynthesis and Yield
01/01/2016 → 30/06/2019
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Understanding the environmental contexts for the commercialisation of a novel microbial pesticide
01/11/2015 → 30/04/2016
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Reducing pesticide inputs and improving crop production under environmental stress by using seed treatments to prime plant defences.
01/10/2015 → 30/09/2019
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Sensor-Based Pre-Symptomatic Detection of Pests and Pathogens for Precision Scheduling of Crop Protection Products
01/10/2015 → 28/02/2019
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Combining field phenotyping and next generation genetics to uncover markers, genes and biology underlying drought tolerance in wheat
16/09/2015 → …
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Realizing increased photosynthetic Efficiency for sustainable increases in Crop Yield
01/09/2015 → 31/10/2017
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Optimising Rubisco activation to improve photosynthesis in wheat
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
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The Microphenotron: Developing an Automated Microphenotyping Platform to Unlock the Potential of Chemical Biology in Plants
01/10/2014 → 30/03/2016
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Transgenerational immune priming in plants
01/09/2014 → 31/12/2017
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Field Evaluation of Rhizobacterial Inoculants for Enhancing Lettuce Production
01/08/2013 → 31/03/2014
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Priming of Indirect Defence in Plants
17/06/2013 → 16/03/2014
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RCUK-SUP: Inspiring the Next Generation of Researchers
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2016
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FP7: WATBIO Development of improved perennial non food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stress
01/11/2012 → 31/10/2017
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Sub Project 2.3: Improving Spike Fertility and Plant Development by Modifying Its Sensitivity to Environmental Cues
01/11/2012 → 31/10/2013
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Intensifying Cut Salad Production With A Novel Vertical Growing System (TSB)
01/04/2012 → 30/09/2012
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FP7: ROOTOPOWER: Empowering root targeted strategies to minimize abiotic stress impacts on horticultural crops
01/01/2012 → 31/12/2015
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CASE: On line detection and diagnosis of plant damage and stress by herbivores and pathogens
01/10/2011 → …
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CASE: Understanding pesticide photdegraduation and persistance in protected crop environments
01/10/2011 → …
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Detection and amelioration of rootzone ethylene production in protected crops
01/10/2011 → 31/12/2014
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ICA:Cement Kiln Dust
01/10/2010 → 30/06/2014
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Increasing crop yield and resource use efficiency via root-zone CO2 enrichment
01/01/1900 → …
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Research Activity
We work from the molecular to the crop scale with researchers and end-users of research, in both the natural (e.g. plant and soil ecology) and social sciences. Our particular strength is applying our research to provide solutions to real-world problems, particularly in relation to Agri-Food Challenges.
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Plant-Environment Interactions
Plant responses to water availability ranging from stomatal physiology to long distance phytohormonal signalling, in aiming to improve "crop per drop". Molecular and whole-plant responses to ozone. Plant nutrient acquisition including regulation of root architecture and spectroscopic monitoring of plant health. Field phenotyping and next-generation genetics to uncover markers, genes and the biology underlying yield and stress tolerance.
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Pest and Disease Control
Novel, non-invasive methods for diagnosis. Manipulating herbivore-natural enemy interactions for biological control. Exploiting plant-induced resistance by understanding plant “stress memories” and developing seed priming techniques. Plant volatile organic compounds as signalling molecules. Biopesticide production.
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Photosynthesis and Photobiology
Increased efficiency of photosynthesis by improving the biochemistry of C assimilation. Biotechnological approaches to introduce C-concentrating mechanisms from photosynthetic micro-organisms into crop plants. Mechanisms of visible and ultraviolet light sensing and signalling. Interactions between light and temperature signalling. Light spectral manipulation to enhance crop production.
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Plant Communities and Climate Change
Nutrient capture and cycling (especially C, N and P). Biodiversity and ecosystem service provision in agricultural settings. Remote sensing of above- and below-ground plant function.
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