Jasmine Atkins

Phd student Jasmine is researching the yield, quality and shelf-life problems in UK lettuce crops due to virus infections. She is working towards determining the current virus species infecting UK lettuce crops and investigating the virome and viral diversity. She will also quantify the impact of viruses on the yield, shelf-life and quality of UK lettuce. Another objective is to identify and characterise resistance to the Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) from diverse lettuce genotypes and wild relatives.

Research

Title: Yield, quality and shelf-life problems in UK lettuce crops due to virus infections.
Duration: 2025-2030 (part-time) 
Partners: Niab, University of Warwick, G’s Growers
Funding: UKRI, CTP-SAI