Breeding Methodologies
Who we are and what we do
The Breeding Methodologies group is formed of researchers working on a variety of plant systems within IBERS, including Lolium, legumes, oats and Miscanthus.
We are primarily interested in developing new approaches to plant breeding, developing novel technologies for genotyping and phenotyping and identifying the genetic basis of traits useful to breeders.
The research programmes embrace modern genomics and are designed to underpin crop improvement programmes for inbreeding and outbreeding species.
The group benefits from close engagement with IBERS’ public good plant breeding programmes providing a test bed for hypothesis testing and integration of new breeding strategies for crop improvement.
Our research focuses in the following areas:
- Association genetics & genomic selection
- Crop evolution and domestication
- Forward genetics
- Population development
- Molecular breeding
- Germplasm diversity
- Next-generation sequencing, genotyping and phenotyping
Group members
| Prof. Wayne Powell | Dr. Catherine Howarth | Prof. Noel Ellis | Prof. John Doonan |
| Dr. Leif Skot | Dr. Rhys Kelly | Dr. Julie Hofer | Mrs. Kirsten Skot |
| Dr. Danny Thorogood | Mr. Ianto Thomas | Dr. Charly Potter | Mrs. Angharad Evans |
| Dr. Matt Hegarty | Dr. Gancho Slavov | Miss Tina Blackmore | |
Facilities
- Translational Genomics Facility
- National Plant Phenomics Centre
- Training
- Ph.D and undergraduate opportunities
Training
- Ph.D and undergraduate opportunities
