Investigator / Supervisor details

NameDr Lesley Boyd
Current InstitutionNational Inst of Agricultural Botany
Current DepartmentCentre for Research
Institution websitehttp://www.niab.com
Previous InstitutionsJohn Innes Centre

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/R019231/1 Yellowhammer: A multi-locus strategy for durable yellow rust resistance in wheat, in the face of a rapidly changing pathogen landscape Principal Investigator 548,682 Research Grant
BB/S020705/1 UK-Pakistan Co-investigator 30,612 Research Grant

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
01/A3/P/07761 Marker development for durable yellow rust resistance in wheat Principal Supervisor 39,359 Studentships
BB/F004125/1 Assessment of genetic biodiversity of durable disease resistance in African wheat genotypes leading to the development of markers for wheat breeding Principal Investigator 559,852 Research Grant
BB/G024987/1 Integrative genomic and genetic analysis of nonhost resistance across Triticeae species - TritNONHOST (PPR-CROP) Principal Investigator 429,252 Research Grant
BB/H020810/1 Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement Co-investigator 167,403 Training Grants
BB/J011525/1 Implementing effective marker technologies into disease resistance wheat breeding programmes within Africa Principal Investigator 897,031 Research Grant
BB/K001272/1 Common interests in durable rust and blast resistance in wheat Co-investigator 3,700 Research Grant
BB/K021435/1 Pre-breeding for durable resistance to rust diseases in hexaploid wheat Principal Investigator 38,964 Research Grant
BB/M004929/1 13 ERA-CAP: Functional characterisation and validation of nonhost components in Triticeae species for durable resistance against fungal diseases Principal Investigator 425,545 Research Grant
BB/M00516X/1 Establishment of a network that supports plant variety testing, advisory services and farmer training in Eastern and Central Africa Principal Investigator 4,998 Research Grant
BB/M017516/1 UK partnership to support the uptake of new crop varieties by smallholder farmers, and advancements in agricultural and dissemination technologies Principal Investigator 146,826 Research Grant
BB/N004477/1 BBSRC Embrapa: Uncovering the genetic basis of the unique durable leaf rust resistance in the Brazilian wheat variety Toropi Principal Investigator 24,194 Research Grant
BB/N013603/1 Molecular Characterization and Genetic Analysis of Nutritional Components of Philippine Indigenous Pigmented Rice Germplasm Principal Investigator 644,834 Research Grant
BB/N01622X/1 Bilateral BBSRC-Embrapa: Uncovering the genetic and functional basis of the unique leaf rust resistance in the Brazilian wheat variety Toropi Principal Investigator 536,246 Research Grant
BB/N022033/1 Australia: UK wheat pre-breeding for resistance to new disease threats - NextGenWheat Principal Investigator 30,559 Research Grant
BB/R010587/1 ITAS application to enable a new collaboration between Drs Lesley Boyd (NIAB) and Brent McCallum (AAFC) in support of the BBSRC project BB/N01622XX/1 Principal Investigator 3,000 Research Grant
BB/T008873/1 Improving the nutritional value and digestibility of rice to address double burden malnutrition in the Philippines and Thailand Principal Investigator 1,012,374 Research Grant
BBS/E/J/00000604 Genetic and cellular characterisation of durable resistance in cereals to fungal pathogens Principal Investigator 439,907 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/00003322 Molecular Identification of the genetic loci responsible for suppression of resistance in wheat Principal Investigator 38,616 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/00003351 EGRAM: Cereal comparative genomes Principal Investigator 13,224 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/00003353 Genetic studies of cereal rust resistance Principal Investigator 411,016 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/0000A160 Biology and genetics of durable resistance to biotrophic pathogens of cereals Principal Investigator 167,970 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/0000A230 Biodiversity for stripe rust resistance in turkish wheats (BESTWheats) Principal Investigator 14,913 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/0000A238 Functional genomics of cross-species resistance to fungal diseases in rice wheat CEREALIMMUNITY Principal Investigator 65,268 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/0000A252 Exploitation of natural plant biodiversity for the pesticide-free production of food Co-investigator 660,126 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/0000A256 Assessing the potential of transcript-based cloning in agriculturally important crop species Principal Investigator 7,477 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA328 Assessment of genetic biodiversity of durable disease resistance in African wheat genotypes to develop novel marker systems for wheat breeding Principal Investigator 174,334 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA381 Integrative genomic and genetic analysis of nonhost resistance across Triticeae species - TritNONHOST Principal Investigator 203,419 Institute Project
BBS/E/J/000CA401 Enhanced professional activities to improve employability and entrepreneurship for research trainees in biotechnology Principal Investigator 2,950 Institute Project
BBS/S/D/2004/12673 Is resistance to yellow rust, in an old European wheat, durable? (Funded via Training Grant BB/B511927/1) Principal Supervisor Studentships
P09472 Molecular identification of the genetic loci responsible for suppression of resistance in wheat Principal Investigator 191,136 Research Grant
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