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 ADAS
… delivering solutions that make the future a better place.ADAS is the UK’s largest independent provider of environmental consultancy, rural development services and policy advice.
http://www.adas.co.uk

 Bristol University - Plant & Pathogen Biology Group
The Plant & Pathogen Biology Group supports world-class molecular-based research aimed at understanding the whole organism be it plant, animal or microbe.
http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/cmb.cfm

 BSPB - British Society of Plant Breeders
The British Society of Plant Breeders is the representative body for the UK plant breeding industry.
http://www.bspb.co.uk/about.html

 CIMMYT - International maize and wheat improvement centre
CIMMYT is committed to improving livelihoods in developing countries. Through strong science and effective partnerships, we create, share, and use knowledge and technology to increase food security, improve the productivity and profitability of farming systems, and sustain natural resources.
http://www.cimmyt.org

 IGER - Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
To determine viable options for grassland-dominated landscapes and land use systems that lead to a sustainable rural economy, a multi-functional healthy environment, and a safe and high quality food chain. This
http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/

 INRA
Ranked the number one agricultural institute in Europe and number two in the world, INRA carries out mission-oriented research for better food and nutrition, preservation of the environment and competitive, sustainable agricultural practices.
http://www.international.inra.fr/

 International Barley Sequencing Consortium
The objective of the IBSC is to physically map and sequence the barley gene space, with the near-term need being the identification of the remainder of ~50,000 genes, including the 5’ and 3’ regulatory regions, and the longer-term goal an ordered physical map linked to the genetic map to accelerate crop improvement.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~imagefpc/IBSC%20Webpage/IBSC%20Template-home.html

 IPK - The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben is a large and internationally renowned plant research centre working on problems in modern biology by focussing on cultivated plants
http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/Internet

 JIC - John Innes Centre
Welcome to the John Innes Centre, an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology. Our mission is to carry out excellent fundamental and strategic research, towards generation of economic and societal impact; to train scientists; to make our findings available to society
http://www.jic.ac.uk

 NIAB - National Institute of Agricultural Botany
We carry out applied and basic research, including the development of parental plant breeding material, and provide technical services and training. The focus is on plants, investigating their genetic make-up, physical characteristics and products derived from them. The long standing provision of services to industry alongside the establishment of major research programmes focused on the agronomic and genetic improvement of crops provides unique UK capability for the delivery of competitive products to meet the global challenges of the 21st Century
http://www.niab.com/

 Nottingham University - Plant Sciences Division in the School of Biosciences
The Plant and Crop Sciences Division is internationally acclaimed as a centre of excellence for fundamental and applied research underpinning our understanding of agriculture, food production and quality, and the natural environment
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biosciences/plantsci/

 Rothamsted Research
Rothamsted Research is a centre of international multidisciplinary scientific excellence primarily (although not exclusively) of relevance to: crops and products from crops; crop and soil management practices; and the diverse interactions that occur between crops, other organisms and the physical environment. Rothamsted Research is the only institute in the UK that integrates mathematics, physics, chemistry, ecology and crop sciences (including: genetics, pathology, entomology and soil science) to contribute predictive understanding and scientifically-sound options for the maintenance of economically and environmentally sustainable systems of exploiting arable land.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/

 SCRI
SCRI’s research focuses on processes that regulate the growth of plants and their responses to pests, pathogens and the environment. It includes genetics to breed crops with improved quality and nutritional value as fast as possible.
http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/

 Wageningen University
The mission of Wageningen UR: To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life
http://www.wageningenuniversiteit.nl/UK/about/organisation/Chair+groups/Plant/

Funding Organisations

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 BBSRC
BBSRC supports world-class research in some of the most exciting areas of contemporary science. These include: stem cell biology, brain function and behaviour, nanotechnology, e-science.
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/

 Crop Improvement Research and Technology Club (CIRC)
A £6M, 5-year partnership between BBSRC, The Scottish Government and a consortium of leading companies, aimed at supporting innovative and excellent research to underpin the development of improved crop varieties that deliver increased productivity and consistent, high quality end products
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/collaborative-research/industry-clubs/crop/crop-index.aspx

 DEFRA
Enabling everyone to live within our environmental means
http://www.defra.gov.uk/

 ERA-PG - European Research Area in Plant Genomics
ERA-NET Plant Genomics (ERA-PG) is a collaborative network of ministries, funding agencies and national research councils with programmes in plant genomics. ERA-PG aims to stimulate excellent research, drive innovation and create a fruitful environment for commercial exploitation in Europe. The network currently comprises 23 partners from 17 countries.
http://www.erapg.org/

 EU 6th Framework
The EU\'s Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development is a major tool to support the creation of the European Research Area - ERA.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/index_en.cfm

 EU Research
This site is designed to help you find out about European Research. Whether you are a researcher or a teacher, in business or in politics, there is something for you here.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/

 FAO
Agricultural Research Funding Guide
http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0104a_en.htm

 HGCA
HGCA supports the UK cereal and oilseeds industry in improving its competitiveness in UK and overseas markets.
http://www.hgca.com/

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Umbrella Organisations

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 Cereals and Europe
Cereals & Europe is the portal to the largest European cereal network. More than 400 pan-European cereal scientists and technologists connect by regular e-mail Newsletters and through the web site
http://www.cerealsandeurope.net/

 CGIAR - Consultative group on international agricultural research
To achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, policy, and environment.
http://www.cgiar.org/

 CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Australia\'s national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.
http://www.csiro.au/

 EUCARPIA
European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
http://www.eucarpia.org

 GRDC
Grains Research & Development Corporation, Australia
http://www.grdc.com.au

 International Barley Sequencing Consortium (IBSC)
The objective of the IBSC is to physically map and sequence the barley gene space, with the near-term need being the identification of the remainder of ~50,000 genes, including the 5’ and 3’ regulatory regions, and the longer-term goal an ordered physical map linked to the genetic map to accelerate crop improvement.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~imagefpc/IBSC%20Webpage/IBSC%20Template-home.html

 Monogram

 PBD
Plant Biotech Denmark
http://plant-biotech.dk/

 SGC - Cereals UK: The UK Small Grain Cereals Website
The Small Grain Cereal (SGC) Network became the Monogram network in April 2008. The content of the SGC web site has been assimilated into the Monogram web.
http://www.monogram.ac.uk/indexs.php

 The European Triticeae Genomics Initiative (ETGI)
A platform for the coordination and representation of Triticeae Genomics Research at the European level and serves as a link to the International Research Community represented by the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI).
http://pgrc.ipk-gatersleben.de/etgi/

 Tritigen
A COST action: Triticeace genomics for the advancement of essential European crops
http://tritigen.ari.gov.cy/

 UK Plant Sciences Federation
UK Plant Science is a central resource for all those involved in Plant Science Research. It brings together a unique combination of expertise in model and crop biology, ecology and biodiversity. This is a space for you to collaborate with your colleagues, share best practise and celebrate pioneering innovative breakthroughs. All too often relevant information in your field can be hard to find, well, not anymore. Our vision is that UK Plant Science will help you with your day-to-day research and showcase the outstanding work that you do.
http://www.plantsci.org.uk/

Breeding Organisations

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 DLF Trifolium
Suppliers and producers of grass seeds.
http://www.dlf.co.uk/

 DSV
DSV Deutsche Saatveredelung. This site is currently only available in German. A UK version will become available in due course.
http://www.dsv-saaten.de/index.php

 KWS (was CPB Twyford)
Sugar Beet, maize, cereals and oilseed crop plant brreders.
http://www.kws.de/ca/fh/tgy/uk

 NFC - New Farm Crops
NFC is the Syngenta Seeds brand for cereals in the UK. Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology.
http://www.newfarmcrops.co.uk/

 Nickerson
Nickerson is the international name for the arable crops business of Group Limagrain, the largest plant breeding and seed development company in the EU
http://www.nickersonuk.com/

 RAGT Seeds
RAGT has a product portfolio extending from cereals and oilseeds to maize and forage and amenity grasses and have substantial breeding programmes across europe.
http://www.ragt.co.uk/__80257118005301f7.nsf/display/index.htm

Web-based Resources

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 Barley Genome Sequencing Project
NCBI's Description of the Barley Genome Sequencing project wiht links out to the partners and published data.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mapview/map_search.cgi?chr=barley.inf

 Barley SNP database
An online database contains information from a project at the SCRI to mine wheat and barley genes for SNPs which were mapped in barley crosses.
http://bioinf.scri.ac.uk/barley_snpdb/

 BarleyDB at UKCropNet
Various searchable resources available, including germplasm, markers, sequences.
http://ukcrop.net/perl/ace/search/BarleyDB

 BBSRC Small Grain Cereal Collections

 BioExploit
EU FW6 Integrated Project: Exploitation of natural plant biodiversity for the pesticide-free production of food
http://www.bioexploit.net

 Brachypodium.org
Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv has many qualities that make it a model for functional genomics studies in temperate grasses, cereals, and dedicated biofuel crops such as Switchgrass. These attributes include small genome (~300Mbp) diploid accessions, tetraploid and hexaploid accessions, a small physical stature, self-fertility, a short lifecycle, and simple growth requirements.
http://www.brachypodium.org/

 BrachyTAG
The BrachyTAG project will enable the tagging of key genes involved in all aspects of plant development, reproduction, environmental adaptation, biomass and yield of cereals and grasses. The knowledge generated in Brachypodium will enable scientists to unlock the potential of wheat and grasses for food and energy
http://www.brachytag.org/

 BRACT
Biotechnology Resources for Arable Crop Transformation
http://www.bract.org

 cerealsDB.uk.net
The Bristol based cereals resource
http://www.cerealsdb.uk.net

 EPSO
The European Plant Science Organisation
http://www.epsoweb.org

 ERA-NET Plant Genomics

 GARNET
Genomic Arabidopsis Reseouorce Network
http://garnet.arabidopsis.org.uk

 GrainGenes
A database for Tiriticeae and Avena
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG2/index.shtml

 GRAMENE
A Resource for Comparative Grass Genomics
http://www.gramene.org

 Green Grain
Genetic Reduction in Energy use and Emissions of Nitrogen through cereal production
http://www.greengrain.org

 Health Grain
Exploiting Bioactivity of European Cereal Grains for Improved Nutrition and Health Benefits, an Integrated Project of the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme Food Quality and Safety activity
http://www.healthgrain.org

 ICC
International Association for Cereal Science and Technology
http://www.icc.or.at

 Intute
(was AgriFor): Agriculture, Food and Forestry web resources for education and research
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/agriculture/

 IPK Barley Transcript Map
An integrated barley transcript map (consensus map) comprising 1,032 EST-based markers (total 1,055 loci: 607 RFLP, 190 SSR and 258 SNP), and 200 anchor markers from previously published data, has been generated by mapping in three doubled haploid (DH) populations.
http://pgrc.ipk-gatersleben.de/transcript_map/index.php

 ITMI
The International Triticeae Mapping Initiative
http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ITMI

 IWGSC
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
http://www.wheatgenome.org

 JIC Genetic Stocks

 PHI-base
A web-accessible database that catalogues experimentally verified pathogenicity, virulence and effector genes from fungal, Oomycete and bacterial pathogens, which infect animal, plant, fungal and insect hosts. PHI-base is therefore an invaluable resource in the discovery of genes in medically and agronomically important pathogens, which may be potential targets for chemical intervention. In collaboration with the FRAC team, PHI-base also includes antifungal compounds and their target genes.
http://www.phi-base.org/about.php

 The Crop EST Database (CR-EST)
The Crop EST Database (CR-EST) is a public available online resource providing access to sequence, classification, clustering, and annotation data of crop EST projects at the IPK.
http://pgrc.ipk-gatersleben.de/cr-est/index.php

 UK Cropnet
The UK Crop Plant Bioinformatics Network
http://ukcrop.net

 USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov

 WGIN
Wheat Genetic Improvement Network
http://www.wgin.org.uk

 WGRC
Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center, Kansas
http://www.k-state.edu/wgrc

 Wheat - A plant that changed the world
The exhibition was established to encourage dialogue and to engage everybody in learning about the process of growing wheat as well as to enable us to gain a better understanding of the needs of consumers and growers. By integrating established breeding techniques with advanced technology, the John Innes Centre strives to contribute towards a sustainable level of nutrition for the world’s rapidly growing population.
http://www.allaboutwheat.info/default.html

 Wheat - the big picture
the life cycle of wheat described and illustrated
http://www.wheatbp.net/WheatBP/Documents/DOC_WheatBP.php

Bioinformatics and Database Links

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 Barleybase
MIAME/Plant-compliant and Plant Ontology enhanced expression database for Barley microarray data
http://www.barleybase.org

 Biosupplynet
Scientific supplies searching
http://www.biosupplynet.com/biotoolkit

 Buckler lab for maize genetics and diversity – Bioinformatics Department

 CerealsDB

 European Bioinformatics Institute
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Protein Knowledgebase
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/swissprot

 European Molecular Biology Laboratory

 GENAMICS
SoftwareSeek is a respository and database of freely-distributable and commercial tools for use in molecular biology and biochemistry
http://www.genamics.com/software

 GrainGenes

 GRAMENE

 HarvEST
EST database-viewing software that emphasizes gene function and is oriented to comparative genomics and the design of oligonucleotides
http://harvest.ucr.edu

 JCVI (TIGR)
J. Craig Venter Institute (includes the forme Institute for Genomic Research); Plant genomics resources
http://www.tigr.org/plantProjects.shtml

 JIC Cereals Bioinformatics

 KEGG
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
http://www.genome.jp/kegg

 MIPS
Munich Information Centre for Protein Sequences
http://mips.gsf.de

 NAR databases catalogue
Nucleic Acids Research database categories and publications
http://www3.oup.co.uk/nar/database/c

 NCBI
National Centre for Biotechnology Information; Genbank, RefSeq, pubmed amongst others
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 PGRC – Plant Genome Resource Center

 SCRI Plant Bioinformatics Group
Various database resources and tools
http://germinate.scri.sari.ac.uk

 TAIR
The Arabidopsis Information Resource
http://www.arabidopsis.org/

 UK CropNet
The UK Crop Plant Bioinformatics Network
http://ukcrop.net

 WhETS
Tool to get best estimate of wheat transcript sequence by combining Triticeae ESTs/mRNAs with rice genes
http://coco/whets/cgi-bin/whets1.3/whets_home.pl



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