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Enhancing pathogen resistance in crops
Projected increases in world population and a changing climate make future food security an increasingly important global and national issue. The big challenge is therefore to breed crops with enhanced tolerance to plant disease-causing organisms, and other adverse environmental conditions such as heat waves or frosts, without adversely compromising crop yield.
Declining water voles due to invasive American mink
Detecting the presence of water vole and American mink using environmental samples will have a significant impact on efforts to map both species distribution and manage conservation levels.