Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

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  GRowing Advanced industrial Crops on marginal lands for biorEfineries - GRACE

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Horizon 2020

  01 Jun 2017 → 31 May 2022

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Hybrids 69%
  • Biomass 58%
  • Land 29%
  • Perennials 28%

• BBSRC Core Strategic Programme in Resilient Crops: Miscanthus

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2017 → 31 Mar 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Biomass 68%
  • Genotype 38%
  • Crops 35%
  • Seeds 25%

• BBSRC Core Strategic Programme in Resilient Crops: Grasslands Gogerddan

  Armstead, I. (PI), Donnison, I. (CoI), Jones, H. (CoI), Skot, L. (CoI), Fernandez Fuentes, N. (CoI), Phillips, D. (PI), Kingston-Smith, A. (CoI) & Bosch, M. (CoI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Apr 2017 → 31 Mar 2020

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Lolium perenne 100%
  • Genes 95%
  • Lolium 68%
  • Chromosomes 58%
  • Grasses 50%

• MUST: Miscanthus Upscaling Technology

  Clifton-Brown, J. (PI), Robson, P. (CoI) & Shafiei, R. (CoI)

  Innovate UK

  01 Feb 2016 → 30 Jun 2019

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Seeds 60%
  • Hybrids 46%
  • Crops 28%
  • Germination 25%

• Taiwan Innovation Exchange FLIP

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  01 Sept 2015 → 31 Dec 2015

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Breeding 66%
  • Perennials 57%
  • Hybrids 46%
  • Crop Biomass 40%

• 15AGRITECHCAT3 improved crop breeding programmes through advanced pollination control bag materials technology

  Clifton-Brown, J. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  12 Jun 2015 → 11 Dec 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Hybrids 40%
  • Perennials 40%
  • Breeding 38%
  • Materials 36%

• WATBIO : Development of improved perennial biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments

  Donnison, I. (PI)

  Seventh Framework Programme

  01 Nov 2012 → 31 Oct 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Crops 100%
  • Drought 85%
  • Miscanthus 81%
  • Breeding 61%
  • Perennials 55%

• Optimising and sustaining biomass yield

  Donnison, I. (PI), Farrar, K. (PI) & Slavov, G. (PI)

  01 Apr 2012 → 31 Mar 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Biomass 63%
  • Genotype 53%
  • Genotyping 35%
  • Crops 34%

• Genetic resources for the dissection of bioenergy traits

  Donnison, I. (PI) & Clifton-Brown, J. (PI)

  01 Apr 2012 → 31 Mar 2017

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Biomass 62%
  • Genotype 55%
  • Anthesis 40%
  • Breeding 40%

• Optimising Miscanthus biomass production (OPTIMISC)

  Clifton-Brown, J. (PI)

  Seventh Framework Programme

  01 Oct 2011 → 31 Mar 2016

  Project: Externally funded research

  • Miscanthus 100%
  • Breeding 67%
  • Biomass 57%
  • Perennials 47%
  • Height 43%