WUN heatwaves and drought group

A network of researchers addressing the impact of heatwaves and drought on food security

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

Just before lunch we heard about future funding opportunities and the strategic priorities of @BBSRC from @GeneticCuckoo

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Is CO2 always bad? No, says @c_foyer from @unibirmingham . Total biomass was increased in strigolactone pea plant mutants under high CO2.

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

Interesting talk about diagnostic marker assisted breeding of hypoallergenic peanut research by @Manishpandey99 from @ICRISAT

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

How can farmers prepare and adapt their farming systems to mitigate the effects of climate change? Multiscale modelling in computational biology had the answers says Anyela Camargo Rodriguez from @niabgroup

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There are separate temperature sensors for heat and cold says @ReaLAntKour and we can use this to understand and mitigate the effects of climate change

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Alterations in the cell wall integrity trigger activation of resistance genes and play a role in strawberry pathogen resistance says @pose_sara from @IHSM_CSIC_UMA

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

Great talk to start off day 2 from @Dixon_LE on the exploration of fundamental wheat research in temperature and photoperiod on flowering timing genes.

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

Day 2 begins of our hybrid event. Join us in-person or online now!

[Ana I. Caño-Delgado @Ana_CanoDelgado]

#Sorghum Research Rocks!! @SiboZimba @UniversityLeeds @PlantSciLeeds @ScienceLeeds @WUNheatwaves @GlobalFoodLeeds @StefanKepinski

[Gulbanu Kaptan @GulbanuKaptan]

It was a real pleasure to present at the WUN/BBSRC International meeting @UniversityLeeds. Thanks for great questions.

[Alesia Ofori @Abena_Dedaa]

Great opportunity to share our recently published on Top 100 Water Research Questions with participants at the @WUNheatwaves hybrid event. I spoke about the interdisciplinary work of @wateratleeds and the broader application of our water survey output to global plant researchers

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How do governance and frameworks filter down funding to water research?
@Abena_Dedaa explores scalar and interconnecting research with @wateratleeds

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Great to hear from @YoselinBenAlf and her work on mechanical properties of cell walls under climate change

[Alison Bentley @AlisonRBentley]

Interesting @adasYEN results describing the "Farmer Factor" underpinning on-farm wheat yield performance in the UK presented by @peteberry2003 @ADASGroup during today's @WUNheatwaves event

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The importance of the farmer: @peteberry2003 achieving yield potential on-farm through the yield enhancement network and the importance of farm/ farmer factor

[Alison Bentley @AlisonRBentley]

Great to join the @WUNheatwaves event with @YoselinBenAlf today to present our work @CIMMYT to accelerate wheat breeding, capture demand-drivers for seed @PRutsaert & respond to instability. Read our recent blog on heat impacts in South Asia here: https://t.co/mkOHJ0MUqf

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Also a great highlight on the real-time challenges of Russia's war with Ukraine on global wheat supply.

[WUN heatwaves and drought group @WUNheatwaves]

An interesting discussion from @AlisonRBentley on changes in global wheat production in the face of increases in temperature/ drought and integrated systems to tackle this.

[Dr Beth Soanes @SoanesK]

@WUNheatwaves Fascinating talk from @GulbanuKaptan on the conflict between public and expert perception of gene editing in crops, highlighting the importance of transparent and public facing science

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How do the public perceive gene edited crops? What is the future of legislation, labelling and what will we see in supermarkets? @GulbanuKaptan discusses her research on all this and the consumer's perceived benefits and risks