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Root senescence and nitrogen losses

Reference	BBS/E/W/00003131C
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Michael Abberton
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Michael Humphreys, Professor Athole Marshall
Institution	Aberystwyth University
Department	IBERS
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	938,630
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2008
End date	31/03/2012
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Legumes play an important role in agricultural systems in part through nitrogen fixation. Nodule initiation and development is studied widely, but less attention has been paid to nodule and root senescence and the resulting nitrogen losses. Unravelling the genetic control of these processes will enhance our understanding of the relationship between root senescence and nitrogen cycling in soil and permit precision breeding to reduce N losses.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Microbiology, Plant Science, Soil Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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