Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP)

Possible funded MIBTP projects

Start date: October 2023. Applications now open. 

• How Do Crops Respond to Combined Biotic and Abiotic Stress? – Implications for Integrated Pest Management - Dr Andrew Beacham

• Follow the light: Modifying pest and beneficial behaviour in vertical farming by altering the growth environment - Dr Andrew Beacham

• Developing novel biostimulant products based on Black Soldier Fly by-products for sustainable agriculture - Dr Joe Roberts

• Physiology of fruit growth and ripening in strawberry - Professor Peter Kettlewell

• The impact of regenerative agriculture on mechanisms underlying above-belowground interactions - Dr Simon Jeffery

• Productivity, natural pest control, and arable plants in population wheat. What are the tradeoffs compared with single varieties? - Dr Nicola Randall

• Sainfoin as an alternative legume forage to support livestock health, biodiversity, and reduced emissions - Dr Nicola Randall

N.B. If you wish to apply to a non-specified MIBTP project, please contact the Postgraduate Research Office to discuss further.