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Detailed below are science projects undertaken for, or managed on behalf of, Defra by the Contractor/Funded Organisation selected.


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CB01066:	Validation of a novel test method for endocrine disruption
Description - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2006, Cost £22,000

Field of Study:	Chemicals and Nanotechnology
Theme:	Chemicals in the Environment (CB01)
Keywords:	Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Environmental Protection, Hazardous substances, Pollution, Toxic Substances

HL0182LFV:	Sustaining UK fresh onion supply by improving consumer accpetability, quality and availability
Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2007 To 2010, Cost £323,905

Field of Study:	Resource Efficient and Resilient Food Chain
Theme:	Quality Food for Healthy Eating
Keywords:	Food Quality, Horticulture, Organic Farming, Sustainable Farming and Food, Sustainable Farming and Food Science, Sustainable Farming Systems

HL0192:	Perennial field margins with combined ecological and agronomical benefits for vegetable rotation schemes
Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2008 To 2013, Cost £742,484

Field of Study:	Horticulture
Theme:	Horticulture LINK
Keywords:	Resource efficient and resilient food chain, Sustainable Farming and Food Science

LK09125:	New wheat root ideotypes for yield performance in reduced input agriculture
Time Scale & Cost
From 2011 To 2015, Cost £545,189

LK0917:	Pest and disease management system for supporting winter oilseed rape decisions (PASSWORD)
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2000 To 2003, Cost £149,546

Field of Study:	Arable Crops
Theme:	Arable crop pathology and disease management
Keywords:	Crops, Disease Control, Farming, LINK Programme, Oilseed Rape, Pest Control, Plant diseases, Arable Farming, Plant Pests and Diseases, Sustainable Farming and Food, Sustainable Production

LK0920:	Providing a scientific basis for the avoidance of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 2001 To 2005, Cost £631,782

Field of Study:	Pesticide Safety
Theme:	Understanding Pesticide Resistance
Keywords:	LINK Programme, Pest and Weed Control, Pesticide use, Plants and Animals, Resistance, Sustainable Farming and Food, Biotechnology

LK0922:	Spray behaviour at reduced application volumes
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2001 To 2006, Cost £117,275

Field of Study:	Pesticide Safety
Theme:	Pesticide Application Technology
Keywords:	LINK Programme, Application, Pest and Weed Control, Pesticide use, Plants and Animals, Sustainable Farming and Food

LK0923:	Improving crop profitability by using minimum cultivation and exploiting grass weed ecology.
Description - Objective - Project Documents - Time Scale & Cost
From 2001 To 2005, Cost £400,002

Field of Study:	Arable Crops
Theme:	Arable crop botany and weed science
Keywords:	Crops, Farming, LINK Programme, Natural Resource Use, Arable Farming, Sustainable Farming and Food, Sustainable Production, Weed Control

LK0953:	Stewardship of neonicotinoid insecticides
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 2004 To 2008, Cost £232,474

Field of Study:	Arable Crops
Theme:	Arable crop pathology and disease management
Keywords:	Crop Diseases, Crops, Farming, LINK Programme, Arable Farming, Sustainable Farming and Food

LK0971:	Managing uncropped land in order to enhance biodiversity benefits of the arable farmed landscape
Description - Objective - Time Scale & Cost
From 2005 To 2010, Cost £503,701

Theme:	Improving the Wildlife Value of Farmland
Keywords:


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