Crop improvement: developing new arable and vegetable crop germplasm with enhanced quality attributes.
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Contact: Dr Bill Griffin

Food and biomaterials innovation: developing new food products and additives from traditional food sources such as cereals and vegetables.
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Contact: Dr Nigel Larsen

Plant Genetic Technologies: identifying and isolating genes that provide valuable pest and disease resistance, quality and yield characteristics to new arable and vegetable crops cultivars.
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Contact: Dr Nick Ashby

New and ornamental crops: investigating the potential of crops that are new to New Zealand and developing technologies and cultivars for these industries.
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Nutrition and health: investigating the health benefits of food and food ingredients and preparing nutritional data for the food industry.
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Contact: Dr Julian Lee

Plant and food composition: studying the biochemical pathways and pharmacological properties of crop and native plants to identify novel compounds that can be used in a variety of industries.
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Contact: Dr Julian Heyes

Seafoods and marine extracts: using knowledge of fish physiology and raw material biochemistry to develop higher value seafoods and novel extracts from processing discards.
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Contact: TC Chadderton

Sustainable productive environments: developing sustainable systems for a range of land uses using skills in crop physiology, crop protection and soil and water management.
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Contact: Dr Grant Smith