Peas
Providing the academic base for enhancing the economic value of the UK pea crop
Read about peasHBio focussed on research with global implications for human health and well-being, in particular on molecules with potential as anti-microbial and therapeutic agents and on the design of crop plants with improved nutrient contents.
This research also contributes to the development of more sustainable agricultural and industrial practices, with positive environmental benefits.
Through collaborators, new compounds and enzymes will be tested for utility as environmentally-friendly agrichemicals, sustainable feedstocks and industrial catalysts. Our research on chemical interactions between soil organisms has huge potential for the development of new ways to maintain crop and soil health
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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Antimicrobial resistance is recognised as a major public health threat
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Understanding how plants make starch
Starch is the main carbohydrate in our diet, it is a major component of many staple crops, such as cereal grains and potato tubers
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Plants as factories
Humans have used plants as medicines for thousands of years, but there is currently an urgent need for new drugs
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Nutritious Food
Generating crops with systematic variation for mineral nutrient content and health-promoting metabolites
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New agricultural chemicals and interventions
Discovering of natural products with potential as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, improved understanding of “chemical messages” between soil organisms
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Molecular Pharming
Understanding how existing plant-derived drugs are synthesised, so we can discover or design a range of new molecules with drug potential
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Virology research timeline
Long-term plant virology research transmits global benefits. Our research into viruses has underpinned many different developments in science, medicine and agriculture
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