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BBSRC competitive
Grant 4912 BBSRC PI John Pickett PC Jurriaan Ton
Exploring adaptive immunity in plants.
01/01/2008 to 31/12/2012 £1,035,127
Grant 4923 BBSRC/DFID PI John Pickett PC Tony Hooper
Towards incorporating the biosynthetic transformation required for Striga inhibition from Desmodium into edible legume intercrops.
01/04/2008 to 31/03/2011 £620,877
Grant 5010 BBSRC PI John Pickett PC Toby Bruce
A new generation of insect resistant GM crops : Transgenic wheat synthesising the aphid alarm signal.
01/12/2008 to 31/11/2013 £932.745
Grant 5042 BBSRC PI John Pickett PC John Pickett
Mechanisms of plant defence priming using seed treatments.
01/06/2009/ to 31/05/2012 £477,821
Grant 5061 BBSRC PI John Pickett PC Mike Birkett
Elucidating the chemical ecology of below ground plant to plant communication.
01/04/2010 to 31/03/2013 £531,978
Grant 5087 BBSRC PI Tony Hopper PC Tony hooper
Towards incorporating the biosynthetic transformation required for Striga inhibition from Desmodium to into edible legume intercrops: Supplement project.
30/04/2010 to 29/04/2011 £28,438
Grant 5075 BBSRC PI John Pickett PC James Logan
Monitoring and intervention strategies for bluetongue virus epidemics in rural India.
01/08/2010 to 28/07/2013 £266,703
Grant 5015 BBSRC/EPSRC PI John Pickett PC Mike Birkett
Rational design of stable chemical signals through an approach combining organic synthesis and synthetic biology.
01/01/2011 to 30/06/2014 £598,782
Grant 0000 BBSRC PI Johnathan Napier PC Johnathan Napier
The concept of a BBSRC wheat prebreeding programme for enhancing diversity in UK wheat.
00/00/2011 to 00/00/201 £449,892
DEFRA commissions
Grant 6040 DEFRA PI John Pickett PC R. Gordon-weeks
The wheat genetic improvement network (WGIN) – Improving the environmental footprint of farming through crop genetics and target traits analysis.
01/12/2008 to 30/11/2013 £868,263
DEFRA open
Grant 4933 DEFRA/LINK PI John Pickett PC Toby Bruce
Integrated control of the Bean Seed Beetle, Bruchus rufimanus
01/08/2007 to 31/12/2010 £205,320
Grant 6035 DEFRA/LINK PI John Pickett PC Lesley Smart
Development of an integrated pest management strategy for control of pollen beetles in winter OSR.
01/03/2008 to 29/02/2012 £109,387
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Grant 4944 ISPG PI John Pickett PC John Pickett
Chemical ecology of pest and beneficial arthropods : Identification, biosynthesis and scaled production of pheromones and other semiochemicals.
Grant 4945 ISPG PI John Pickett PC John Pickett
Chemical ecology of pest and beneficial arthropods : Understanding and exploiting semiochemical based mechanisms.