Plants (crop and forest) under changed climate conditions

Plant and crop processes are inextricably linked to atmospheric CO2, temperature, water availability and the interactions between these factors. These factors can affect plants either via progressive changes or via more variable climates with extreme episodic events. On the shortest and smallest scales, the climate affects the plant’s immediate environment and therefore directly influences the physiological processes of growth and development.

 

The main scientific objectives are:

 

1. To understand plant functions under changed climate conditions applying biochemical, genetic and molecular biological methods and technologies.
2. To predict plant responses to climate change including the effects of changed climate variability via computer simulation modelling at a range of scales
3. To monitor and understand food quality and functional changes under new climate conditions.
4. To research non-agricultural products and crop diversification through exploitation of genes from wild and/semi-domesticated gene pools.

The impact studies are expected to open perspectives in all the above areas but particularly in modelling that can be linked to classical and molecular breeding and integrated predictive systems biology that seeks to understand effects on food production and quality.

 

Want to know more?

Contact: Professor John R. Porter ()

 

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