Investigator / Supervisor details

NameDr W Whalley
Current InstitutionRothamsted Research
Current DepartmentSustainable Soils and Crops
Institution websitehttp://www.rothamsted.ac.uk
Previous InstitutionsSilsoe Research Institute

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/W008874/1 BREAKTHRU: developing soil compaction resistant wheat Co-investigator 1,063,748 Research Grant
BBS/E/C/000I0220 DFW - Designing Future Wheat - Work package 1 (WP1) - Increased efficiency and sustainability Co-investigator 8,595,139 Institute Project

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
96/A1/D/02679 Modification of soil hydraulic properties by roots Principal Supervisor 31,889 Studentships
97/A1/P/03658 Physical interactions between earthworms and soil Principal Supervisor 32,558 Studentships
BB/C507837/1 What makes rice roots able to penetrate hard layers? An integrated biophysical modelling genetic and molecular approach Principal Investigator 154,586 Research Grant
BB/D010683/1 Selecting genes for function: Exploiting genetic diversity in grasses to manage the biophysical interactions in grassland soils Principal Investigator 65,723 Research Grant
BB/E001580/1 Understanding soil quality and resilience: effects of perturbations and natural variations on nitrous oxide emission water retention and structure Principal Investigator 278,031 Research Grant
BB/J01950X/1 Phenotyping root function in wheat Principal Investigator 311,501 Research Grant
BB/L00495X/1 Measuring and quantifying the abiotic stress in the root environment Principal Investigator 2,200 Research Grant
BB/N013204/1 NUCLEUS: a virtual joint centre to deliver enhanced Nitrogen Use effiCiency via an integrated SoiL-plant systEms approach for the Uk & BraSil Co-investigator 1,089,209 Research Grant
BB/P004687/1 Rapid non-invasive imaging of soil moisture content - applications in plant breeding and farmer-based soil management for improved crop yields Principal Investigator 11,218 Research Grant
BB/P025595/1 China: A Virtual Centre for Monitoring the Rhizosphere Principal Investigator 30,489 Research Grant
BBS/E/C/00004723 What makes rice roots able to penetrate hard layers? An integrated biophysical, modelling, genetic and molecular approach Principal Investigator 59,798 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00004775 Influence of Festuca and novel Lolium cultivars on the variability of soil hydrological functioning Principal Investigator 44,599 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00004816 Understanding soil quality and resilience: effects of perturbations and natural variations on nitrous oxide emission, water retention and structure (RRES) Principal Investigator 85,790 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00004861 Farm Level Optimal Water Management: Assistant for Irrigation under Deficit - FLOWAID Principal Investigator 61,566 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00004983 Bio-physics of the soil-root interface Principal Investigator 761,746 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00005078 Non-invasive acoustic-seismic sensing of soils Principal Investigator 21,000 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00005117 Modelling the path to better soil-applied pesticides Principal Investigator 12,888 Institute Project
BBS/E/C/00005204 Soil resource interactions Principal Investigator 2,196,408 Institute Project
BBS/S/B/2003/12442 NAPL pollutant in natural soils and its long term risk after remediation Principal Supervisor 48,286 Studentships
BBS/S/K/2003/10173 NAPL pollutant in natural soils and its long term risk after remediation Principal Supervisor 10,255 Studentships
BRE13684 Effect of root activity on soil hydraulic properties Principal Investigator 139,264 Research Grant
D09445 Physical factors involved in the sequestration of organic matter in soil Principal Investigator 217,483 Research Grant
D14589 Non-invasive STRAFI-NMR: imaging of soil; pore-size water and pollutant migration Co-investigator 100,156 Research Grant
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