| Mycotoxin-producing Fusarium species and related pathogenic fungi in cereal crops | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 3/31/2012 | 376,327 EUR |
| Reducing herbicide use in row crops with new targeted application methods treating detected weeds in bands or spots. | Grant | 4/1/2010 | 12/31/2012 | 1,589,461 EUR |
| Developing biocontrol methods and their integration in sustainable pest and disease management in blackcurrant production | Grant | 4/1/2010 | 3/31/2015 | 5,234,728 EUR |
| Sustainable Crop and Environment Protection – Targeted Research for Edibles: SCEPTRE | Grant | 10/1/2010 | 9/30/2014 | 22,878,432 EUR |
| Minimising environmental impact of weed control in vegetables by weed detection and spot herbicide application | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | 1,401,932 EUR |
| Pheromone technology for monitoring and control of Capsid pests to reduce pesticide use in horticultural crops | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 4/1/2012 | 2,210,992 EUR |
| Developing biocontrol methods and their integration in sustainable pest and disease management in plum and cherry production | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 3/31/2014 | 4,707,670 EUR |
| Perennial field margins with combined ecological and agronomical benefits for vegetable rotation schemes | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 11/30/2013 | 21,419,846 EUR |
| New approaches to microbial control of insect pests in protected crops and their interaction with waste-based growing media | Grant | 6/1/2008 | 5/31/2011 | 2,003,458 EUR |
| Exploiting semiochemicals, conservation biocontrol and selective physical methods in integrated management of pear sucker | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2012 | 7,450,790 EUR |
| Feasibility study into the potential of crop pollinators to act as delivery agents of entomopathogenic fungi for invertebrate pest control | Grant | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 | 470,362 EUR |
| The rationale for defra investment in r&d underpinning the genetic improvement of crops and animals | Grant | 5/1/2006 | 10/31/2006 | 124,627 EUR |
| Informing the way forward for DEFRA grassland production R&D to support biodiversity outcomes | Grant | 5/1/2006 | 9/30/2006 | 43,900 EUR |
| Evaluating ecosystem models as tools for policy development on biodiversity | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 3/31/2007 | 81,572 EUR |
| Field-scale Impacts on Biodiversity from New Crops (extension of the RELU Biomass project) | Grant | 5/1/2006 | 4/30/2009 | 470,316 EUR |
| Delivering farm based decision support | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 9/30/2006 | 723,630 EUR |
| Selecting Genes for Function: Exploring Genetic Diversity in Grasses to Manage the Biophysical Interactions in Grassland Soils | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 9/30/2009 | 56,471 EUR |
| Impact of changing pesticide availability on horticulture and an assessment of all impacts and priorities on a range of arable, horticultural and forage crops. | Grant | 1/1/2010 | 3/31/2010 | 47,663 EUR |
| GPA: BB/F021038/1 Assessing the impact of climate change on the assembly and function of arable plant communities | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 11/30/2011 | 66,738 EUR |
| Identifying knowledge gaps relevant to future revisions of the Defra Fertiliser Manual for field vegetable crops | Grant | 11/1/2009 | 5/31/2010 | 73,152 EUR |
| Life history variation in weed populations: implications for weed management and adaptation in agri-ecosystems | Grant | 6/1/2010 | 3/28/2013 | 626,150 EUR |
| Establishing the scientific and mechanistic framework for a GIN | Grant | 1/1/2010 | 7/31/2010 | 134,709 EUR |
| Identifying genes that could improve nitrogen use efficiency | Grant | 10/1/2009 | 6/30/2010 | 87,903 EUR |
| Development of a toolkit for identifying host targets of Botrytis cinerea in tomato | Grant | 10/1/2009 | 3/31/2010 | 88,957 EUR |
| Development of appropriate variety testing methodology for assessing nitrogen requirements of new varieties in trials undertaken for national listing | Grant | 5/17/2010 | 3/31/2013 | 1,429,856 EUR |
| Beginning to optimise future Knowledge Transfer for Defra. | Grant | 3/1/2010 | 5/31/2010 | 37,629 EUR |
| Fertiliser Manual (RB209) grassland recommendations for PLANET | Grant | 10/1/2010 | 3/31/2011 | 61,489 EUR |
| Farmer attitudes to environmental management (CFE & ACE Observatory) | Grant | 1/1/2011 | 10/31/2012 | 274,319 EUR |
| Data resources on crop health and crop protection practice to support evidence-based policy making within Defra (Crop Monitor) | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 3/31/2009 | 415,955 EUR |
| The development of a fertiliser recommendation system | Grant | 12/1/2006 | 6/30/2008 | 733,765 EUR |
| Improved understanding of dormancy in problem broad-leaved weeds | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 3/31/2011 | 860,087 EUR |
| Review of the scientific literature to determine the extent of knowledge on the impact of crop management strategies on soil microbial populations | Grant | 2/1/2007 | 6/30/2007 | 62,489 EUR |
| An electronic database for the curation of historic crop fertiliser response trials (incorporating maintenance for the NPK model server). | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 3/31/2010 | 34,505 EUR |
| New pre-breeding, crop improvement R&D for grass and forage crops | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 562,736 EUR |
| Potential for grass for new industrial market or as an environmental break crop in arable rotations farming | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 56,443 EUR |
| Potential for greater use of legumes in grassland systems for improved biodiversity, soil fertility and livestock health | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 50,172 EUR |
| Development of an integrated management framework and approaches for livestock farming systems | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 7/31/2010 | 1,128,967 EUR |
| Defra Oilseed Rape Genetic Improvement Network (OREGIN) | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 627,150 EUR |
| Arable crops ecosystems - habitat diversification, crop management and natural enemies for crop protection and biodiversity | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2011 | 1,292,110 EUR |
| Contribution of intergrated crop management practices to Defra objectives | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2009 | 331,576 EUR |
| The impact of shortened rotations on rhizosphere microbial diversity | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 9/30/2011 | 813,083 EUR |
| Strategies to exploit risk assessment, genetic resistance and natural defences against crop diseases | Grant | 7/1/2007 | 6/30/2010 | 1,175,241 EUR |
| Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 9/30/2009 | 166,579 EUR |
| Data resources for the Fertiliser Information System | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 10/31/2007 | 28,396 EUR |
| Assessment of the factors influencing land-use in arable ecosystems and the implications for arable ecosystem biodiversity within the context of climate change and reduction of set-aside | Grant | 1/2/2008 | 3/31/2008 | 31,589 EUR |
| How does change in land-use between set-aside and cropping impact soil biodiversity and function? | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2011 | 338,661 EUR |
| Oilseed rape ecology - crop and margin management to encourage natural enemies for crop protection and biodiversity | Grant | 8/1/2009 | 7/31/2013 | 574,434 EUR |
| UK Environmental Change Network - Drayton | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 91,678 EUR |
| Planet update for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones | Grant | 10/1/2007 | 3/31/2008 | 37,001 EUR |
| Sequencing the gene space of potato chromosome IV, comparative analysis with tomato and development of a genebased mapping platform (contribution to a BBSRC project) | Grant | 10/1/2008 | 9/30/2011 | 273,570 EUR |
| Modelling the spatial and temporal management of land-use to optimise biodiversity | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 11/30/2011 | 551,720 EUR |
| OREGIN - Pre-breeding research to support climate change adaptation and reduction of the environmental footprint of Oilseed rape | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 4,955,174 EUR |
| Understanding and dissecting the genetic control of key "environmental impact" traits in forage grasses and legumes | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 1,271,788 EUR |
| The Wheat Genetic Improvement Network (WGIN) - Improving the environmental footprint of farming through crop genetics and targeted traits analysis | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 11/30/2013 | 6,242,101 EUR |
| Defra Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network | Grant | 2/1/2009 | 1/31/2014 | 5,749,745 EUR |
| Determining strategies for delivering environmentally sustainable production in the UK ruminant industry through genetic improvement | Grant | 3/1/2009 | 3/31/2010 | 343,838 EUR |
| Towards identification of beneficial alleles controlling traits for sustainable production: SNP discovery in Brassica oleracea | Grant | 1/1/2009 | 3/31/2009 | 62,589 EUR |
| A preliminary assessment of the greenhouse gases associated with growing media materials | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 12/31/2008 | 37,206 EUR |
| Extension to UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 108,594 EUR |
| Production of a TILLING population and DNA pools as strategic resources for lettuce crop improvement | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 50,172 EUR |
| Leafy Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network (VeGIN): Pre-breeding research to support sustainable farming of leafy vegetables and salads | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 12/31/2012 | 2,597,434 EUR |
| Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network (VeGIN): Pre-breeding research to support sustainable farming of carrot and onion. | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 12/31/2012 | 855,314 EUR |
| Assessment of changing arable disease and pest status through long-term data collection and analysis | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 3/31/2012 | 700,924 EUR |
| Vegetable Landrace Inventory of England and Wales | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 137,973 EUR |
| Improved resolution of QTL associated with Water and P use efficiency | Grant | 10/1/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 62,476 EUR |
| Underpinning tools to be utilised by the ruminant GIN | Grant | 1/1/2010 | 3/31/2011 | 374,833 EUR |
| ESTIMATING THE QUANTITATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A PACKAGE OF POTENTIAL SET-ASIDE MITIGATION OPTIONS | Grant | 12/15/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 27,156 EUR |
| Pilot genomic approaches for studying honey bee biology and improving bee health | Grant | 2/1/2009 | 3/31/2010 | 223,695 EUR |
| Identification of candidate genes for resource-use-efficiency by genome-wide association mapping in Arabidopsis thaliana. | Grant | 10/1/2008 | 3/31/2009 | 62,425 EUR |
| Fertiliser Manual Decision support Gap Filling (Field Vegetables) and facilitating the next steps in nutrient decision support systems | Grant | 8/1/2008 | 7/31/2009 | 72,675 EUR |
| Low carbon and low input production systems – scoping study | Grant | 12/1/2008 | 5/31/2009 | 63,064 EUR |
| Review of molecular characterisation studies relating to UK Farm Animal Genetic Resources | Grant | 3/1/2009 | 9/30/2009 | 65,993 EUR |
| Would livestock breeding goals change if carbon and nitrogen efficiency, rather than economic efficiency, were the priority objectives? | Grant | 3/9/2009 | 11/30/2009 | 70,188 EUR |
| Review of nutrient efficiency in different breeds of farm livestock | Grant | 3/9/2009 | 11/30/2009 | 70,249 EUR |
| Environmental Change Network - Drayton. Defra funds several ECN sites in a NERC/cross-funder project monitoring climate and other change (Drayton in Central England is the only site funded by FFG - those with more natural habitats are ERG-funded) | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 3/31/2012 | 332,394 EUR |
| Plant pathogen populations in wild and agricultural hosts and interactions with plant genotype | Grant | 8/1/2009 | 7/31/2012 | 568,197 EUR |
| Long term maintenance and genetic diversity of F1 hybrids in genetic resource collections using UK Brussels sprouts as a model | Grant | 5/1/2009 | 4/30/2012 | 304,893 EUR |
| Screening the Brassica napus DFS population for nutrient acquisition traits | Grant | 3/2/2009 | 7/31/2009 | 37,970 EUR |
| Wild brassica screen for virus resistance (Wibsvir). Pre-breeding research to support sustainable farming of brassicas in the UK | Grant | 1/1/2009 | 1/31/2010 | 37,629 EUR |
| Assessing future threats to arable weed management from pesticide legislation, climate change and invasive species | Grant | 3/1/2009 | 9/30/2009 | 43,501 EUR |
| Developing resources to identify sources of host resistance to Sclerotinia disease and variability in pathogen aggressiveness | Grant | 3/1/2009 | 7/31/2009 | 62,096 EUR |
| Verticillium longisporum in oilseed rape: understanding a disease new to the UK | Grant | 6/1/2009 | 5/31/2011 | 124,889 EUR |
| Consultancy on Campaign for the Farmed Environment | Grant | 8/1/2009 | 11/30/2009 | 4,955 EUR |
| Improving welfare, health & sustainability in dairy cows by expanding the selection objectives to include calving ease, udder health & longevity (Expanding Indices) | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 6/30/2011 | 6,156,766 EUR |
| Genetic improvement of forage grasses and white clover to improve phosphorus use efficiency and reduce phosphorus losses to water from UK grasslands | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 4,996,850 EUR |
| Genetic improvement of perennial ryegrass and red clover to increase nitrogen use efficiency and reduce N losses from pastures and silo | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 5,174,469 EUR |
| Genetic improvement of perennial ryegrass and white clover to increase the efficiency of nitrogen use in the rumen | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 4,939,644 EUR |
| Development of productive and persistent high quality forage grasses and white clover with increased water-use-efficiency and resilience to summer droughts | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 3/31/2013 | 3,631,278 EUR |
| Reducing waste in the beef and lamb supply chains | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 9/30/2011 | 1,112,860 EUR |
| Assessing the environmental consequences of husbandry changes in UK poultry systems through a Life Cycle Analysis | Grant | 9/1/2009 | 8/31/2012 | 5,918,349 EUR |
| Estimation of ruminant energy and degradability values of maize silage using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (Maize Silage NIRS) | Grant | 11/1/2009 | 10/31/2011 | 2,048,803 EUR |
| Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Bioethanol Co-products (ENBBIO) | Grant | 10/1/2010 | 9/30/2013 | 21,857,752 EUR |
| Integrated control of the bean seed beetle, Bruchus rufimanus | Grant | 8/1/2007 | 12/30/2010 | 3,761,150 EUR |
| Development of an integrated pest management strategy for control of pollen beetles in winter oilseed rape | Grant | 3/1/2008 | 2/29/2012 | 1,410,850 EUR |
| Challenges from climate change for disease management in sustainable arable systems. | Grant | 10/1/2008 | 12/31/2010 | 1,376,850 EUR |
| Improving resource use efficiency in barley, through protecting sink capacity | Grant | 1/1/2009 | 12/31/2012 | 1,623,352 EUR |
| Sustainable and effective control of potato blight: matching fungicide inputs to cultivar resistance level | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 9/30/2012 | 1,175,469 EUR |
| New wheat root ideotypes for yield performance in reduced input agriculture | Grant | 3/1/2011 | 2/28/2015 | 1,663,152 EUR |
| Exploiting novel genes to improve resource use efficiency in wheat | Grant | 9/16/2009 | 9/15/2014 | 1,222,929 EUR |
| Reducing the impact of Sclerotinia disease on arable rotations, land use and vegetable crops | Grant | 10/1/2009 | 3/31/2013 | 6,624,891 EUR |
| Screening for costs of disease resistance caused by stomatal dysfunction | Grant | 10/1/2010 | 9/30/2014 | 3,629,630 EUR |
| Managing uncropped land in order to enhance biodiversity benefits of the arable farmed landscape (1 yr extension) | Grant | 3/1/2010 | 2/28/2011 | 2,028,529 EUR |
| Sustainable long term management of wireworms on potato | Grant | 4/1/2006 | 3/31/2010 | 1,292,337 EUR |
| Adaptive winter wheat populations: development, genetic characterisation and application | Grant | 4/1/2008 | 9/30/2012 | 24,055,226 EUR |
| Effect of novel nitrogen fixing legumes and novel legume crops | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 12/31/2009 | 928,187 EUR |
| Livestock systems and the health and welfare aspirations of organic principles | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 5/31/2008 | 62,514 EUR |
| The control of perennial weeds in organic stockless and pasture systems | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2011 | 426,814 EUR |
| Long term performance of organic farming in the hills and uplands - Redesdale and Pwllpeiran organic units | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 3/31/2007 | 167,270 EUR |
| Farm practice and soil health | Grant | 6/1/2006 | 3/31/2007 | 50,204 EUR |
| Nutrient efficiency, milk quality and pathogen control on low-input and organic dairy farms incorporating home-grown alternative forage crops. | Grant | 9/1/2006 | 3/31/2009 | 642,184 EUR |
| Economics of organic farming | Grant | 1/1/2007 | 3/31/2012 | 1,212,131 EUR |
| characterisation of markets for organic goods | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2009 | 88,204 EUR |
| Plant breeding and variety selection for organic cropping | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 10/31/2009 | 186,380 EUR |
| Appropriate organic and low input management of fruit pests, diseases and weeds | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2010 | 348,074 EUR |
| Analysis of socio-economic aspects of local and national organic farming markets | Grant | 5/1/2007 | 4/30/2009 | 228,909 EUR |
| Biodiversity and other benificial environmental impacts of organic conversion in hills and uplands | Grant | 4/1/2007 | 3/31/2010 | 465,410 EUR |
| Farmer Consumer Partnerships (CORE Org ERANet) | Grant | 6/15/2007 | 6/16/2010 | 301,087 EUR |
| Minimising medicine use in organic dairy herds through animal health and welfare planning | Grant | 5/1/2007 | 11/1/2010 | 256,569 EUR |
| Prevention of selected diseases and parasites in organic pig herds - by means of a HACCP based management and surveillance programme | Grant | 6/15/2007 | 5/1/2010 | 29,762 EUR |
| Development of methodology for assessing the environmental, economic and social characteristics of (organic and non-organic) farming systems | Grant | 8/1/2009 | 7/31/2012 | 653,001 EUR |
| Development of low input test procedures for varieties of field vegetable crops | Grant | 6/1/2009 | 3/31/2010 | 48,841 EUR |
| Proof of concept of automated mapping of weeds in arable fields. | Grant | 4/1/2009 | 3/31/2010 | 37,629 EUR |