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BIOFECTOR 

Participant 09:

Agri-Food Biosciences Institute (AFBI)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Jr Rao, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
JR.Rao@afbini.gov.uk



AFBI is a non-departmental public institution. More than 800 experienced and internationally trained scientists are engaged in basic, applied and strategic research on plant and animal sciences with focus on low-input and organic arable crop production to minimise the use of mineral fertilizer and crop protection agents.

Tasks : The core competencies of the research group led by Prof. Sharma are rapid compositional analyses of plant materials and monitoring of signalling factors (
WP03 ) bio-stimulant formulation efficiency testing of the products ( WP01 ). Special emphasis is placed on the development and function of combination products based on seaweed extracts and microbial bio-effectors for improving cold tolerance of wheat ( WP02 , WP04 ) in close cooperation with the SME partners BIOATLANTIS, AGRIGES and ABITEP. As a member of the International Field Testing Network ( WP08 ), the group provides field testing sites for; assessing the agronomic effectiveness and economic value of the developed bio-effector strategies under the climatic conditions of Northern Europe.


Team Members:

   

Dr. Gary Lyons

 

Dr. Colin Fleming

 

Agri-Food and Biosciences
Institut Belfast
(Northern Ireland UK)

 


 

BIOFECTOR 2012-2017 funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme | Grant Agmt. No. 312117