Improving photosynthesis in an orphan leafy vegetable

Status: Active
Productive and Profitable Cropping
Cleome gynandra

We are working to create genomic resources and to breed for increased photosynthetic efficiency in the African orphan leafy crop Cleome gynandra. This work is a collaboration between Niab, the University of Cambridge (the Department of Plant Sciences and the Crop Science Centre) and the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin.

Duration

2022-2027

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Dr Tally Wright

Group Leader: Crop Quantitative Genetics

Dr Bethany Love

Post doctoral researcher - quantitative genetics

Dr James Bedford

Postdoctoral researcher

Dr Lawrence Percival-Alwyn

Researcher- Molecular Biology and Informatics

Toby Barber

Senior Technician