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The breeding of highly persistent forage clover varieties has a positive impact on the sustainability of livestock farming

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Submitting institution

Aberystwyth University / Prifysgol Aberystwyth

Unit of assessment

6 - Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences

Summary impact type

Environmental

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Underpinning research subjects

Plant Biology
Crop And Pasture Production

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2. Underpinning research

3. References to the research

4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number	Value of grant
101078	£793,088
BB/L009889/1	£896,229
TSB: 55743-402220 102532	£535,192
2017/COL/008	£249,945

Countries

Formal partners

Germinal Holdings
NIAB TAG
Germinal Holdings
Waitrose Supply Chain
Dalehead Foods
Dovecote Parks
Germinal Holdings
Germinal Holdings
Hybu Cig Cymru

Funding programmes

Breeding of improved forage varieties to increase protein supply and protein utilisation by ruminants
Roots for the Future - A systematic approach to root design [SUREROOT]
BBSRC LINK project
Application of innovative plant breeding and phenotyping technologies to reduce the nutrient requirement of forages and improve livestock production efficiency - APPLE
Improved resistance of red clover to soil borne pathogens for sustainable livestock production

Global research identifiers

grid.418100.c
grid.418100.c
grid.423443.6
grid.270680.b

Name of funders

BBSRC
BBSRC
Innovate UK
Eurpoean Commission (via WEFO)

Researcher ORCIDs

0000-0003-4301-9468
0000-0003-4301-9468