Aligned Projects
CURRENT IWYP ALIGNED PROJECTS

Genetic regulation of inflorescence architecture in wheat
Scott Boden
Project Leader Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre (JIC)

Genetic Improvement of Photosynthetic Efficiency and Capacity to Improve Grain Yields in Wheat Cultivars
Raju Datla
Senior Research Officer, National Research Council Canada
Chasing wheat yields in challenging environments
Vicki Tolmay
Researcher Biotechnology at Agricultural Research Council

Altering Canopy Architecture to Increase Crop Photosynthesis and Yield
Richard Richards
Chief Research Scientist, Plant Industry, CSIRO

Exploring Genetic Diversity for Biomass and Traits Related to Canopy Photosynthesis
Matthew Reynolds
Head of Wheat Physiology and Distinguished Scientist, CIMMYT
Exploring Genetic Diversity for Harvest Index and Identifying Improved Selection Approaches
Matthew Reynolds
Head of Wheat Physiology and Distinguished Scientist, CIMMYT
Developing a High Throughput Screen for Source:Sink Balance to Tap Photosynthetic Potential
Matthew Reynolds
Head of Wheat Physiology and Distinguished Scientist, CIMMYT

Increasing Wheat Drought Tolerance and Recovery throughout the Life Cycle through Regulation of Plant Growth Mechanisms
Matthew Paul
Senior Scientist, Rothamsted Research

OSIRIS – Exploring the Yield Potential of Novel Spike Architecture in hexaploid Wheat by Targeted Mutagenesis using RNA-guided Cas endonucleases
Thorsten Schnurbusch
Independent Research Group Leader Plant Architecture, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)

A Pathway to the Exploitation of Epigenetic Variation in UK, US and International Breeding Programmes
Anthony Hall
Head of Plant Genomics, Earlham Institute, UK

Advancing hybrid wheat production through the use of novel pathways for male sterility
Blake Meyers
Principal Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Breaking the Wheat Domestication Bottleneck by
Interploidy Hybridization
Eric Olson
Assistant Professor, Wheat Breeding and Genetics, Michigan State University

Unified Big Data in Genomics and Phenomics for Plant Breeding
Jared Crain
Principal Investigator, Kansas State University

Induction of double haploids in wheat using CENH3 mutants and genome editing
Jorge Dubcovsky
Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis