Improving photosynthesis in an orphan leafy vegetable

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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