Meetings
Future meetings:
The next stakeholder meeting will take place in November 2012 at Rothamsted Research, date to be confirmed. If you are interested in contributing please contact us on wgin.defra@rothamsted.ac.uk.
Past meetings
22nd November 2011:
Programme
Presentations
Wheat Market Update - Helen Plant, AHDB
The Wheat Genetic Improvement Network
WGIN: Overview and update on RRes WGIN research – Kim Hammond-Kosack, RRes
Avalon x Cadenza - gene discovery for UK Farming - Simon Griffiths/Luzie Wingen, JIC
Dissecting Nitrogen Use Efficiency - Malcolm Hawkesford, RRes
End user developments
Adapting Wheat to Global Warming - Roger Sylvester-Bradley, ADAS
An Update on GM Wheat Field Trials - Huw Jones, RRes
Wheat initiatives
The Crop Improvement Club – Progress so Far - Jayne Brookman, BBSRC
Update on Wheat Genome Sequencing Initiative - Graham Moore, JIC
Update on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform - Calum Murray, TSB
Successful 2nd and 3rd Wheat Crops
Discussion panel on "Successful 2nd and 3rd Wheat Crops" and issue of Take-all - Introduction Kim Hammond-Kosack,RRes
17th November 2010:
Programme
Presentations
The wheat market an international perspective - Michael Archer, HGCA
The Wheat Genetic Improvement Network
WGIN: Overview and update on RRes WGIN research Kim Hammond-Kosack, RRes
Genetic diversity of the Watkins collection Luzie Wingen, JIC
Water and heat stress throughout the crop cycle - John Foulkes, University of Nottingham
End user developments
100% UK wheat Paul Molyneux, Hovis
Wheat quality requirements Simon Penson, Campden BRI
Bioethanol production David Maxwell, Vivergo
Wheat initiatives
The Crop Improvement Club Simon Bright, BBSRC
Wheat sequencing project - Gary Barker, University of Bristol
Wheat LoLa - Graham Moore, JIC
CIMMYT 'wheat yield consortia' Martin Parry, RRes
Farm level yields
Discussion panel on UK wheat field yields lagging behind breeders projections
Stakeholder Meeting 2009 Programme
Presentations:
Strategy of the HGCA Levy Board by Susannah Bolton (HGCA)
The wheat market an international perspective by Michael Archer (HGCA)
Wheat breeding: challenges and research opportunities by Richard Summers (RAGT)
BBSRC Initiatives: The Crop Improvement Club by Dan Godfrey (BBSRC)
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform by Alex Chaix (Technology Strategy Board)
Carbon sinks in a changing environment by Andy Whitmore (RRes)
Agriculture in a changing climate by Mikhail Semenov (RRes)
WGIN 2009 2013: an overview by Kim Hammond Kosack (RRes)
The Avalon x Cadenza DH population by Simon Griffiths (JIC)
Nitrogen mobilisation in wheat Malcolm Hawkesford (RRes)
Information on stakeholder meetings from WGIN 2003 - 2008 can be accessed on the old website.
