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Communication, dissemination and engagement 2/August/2022 WISH-ROOTS at the World Conference in Soil Science The WISH-ROOTS was showcased at the WCSS22 in Glasgow ​ WCSS22, Glasgow 27/July/2022 WISH-ROOTS - Biome Makers live webinar Biome Makers hosts webinar with WISH-ROOTS Consortium, Wheat Roots in Soil Health ​ WISH-ROOTS live webinar 27/July/2022 GSOIL4N FAO The WISH-ROOTS was showcased at the Global Symposium on Soils for Nutrition ​ GSOIL4N 28/June/2022 Wheat GEMS Mini-symposium - John Innes Centre Wheat Genetics, Microbiomes and Soil - a hybrid event organized by the WISH-ROOTS coordinators ​ 1st Wheat GEMS 21/June/2022 Breeders Day - John Innes Centre Visit to the Dorothea de Winton field station and introduction to our field trials ​ Breeders Day 2022 12/June/2022 Open Farm Sunday - UK Showcasing soil and root research at Gressenhall Farm . ​ Open Farm Sunday 2022 8-9/June/2022 Presentation of the WISH-ROOTS research project at the EJP SOIL 1st External Call Kick Off Meeting and Annual Science Days in Palermo, Italy. ​ Our introduction video is available on youtube ​ Annual Science Days 2022 21/May/2022 WISH-ROOTS at the Fascination of Plants Partners at John Innes Centre took part in the recent international Fascination of Plants Day. The 'Plants of the Future - Open Day @ Norwich Research Park ' received more than 600 visitors. ​ Fascination of Plants 10/May/2022 WISH-ROOTS at the Pint 0f Science Partner Maria Hernandez showcased the project at the Pint of Science event ''The wonderful world of wheat' in Norwich, UK. ​ ​ Pint of Science 05/May/2022 NFU visit to John Innes Centre Field Station Research projects including WISH-ROOTS showcased at the visit of the National Farmers Union UK to the John Innes Field station ​ ​ National Farmers Union, UK 12/April/2022 John Innes Centre News: Wheat-soil interaction offers route to sustainable agriculture Understanding how wheat roots can fine tune the activity of soil microbes for the benefit of agriculture is the focus of WISH-ROOTS . JIC News and Events 12/April/2022 WISH-ROOTS at ARC-Soil, Climate and Water: The field trial at Brits farm will be a key contribution to our understanding of wheat roots impact on soil health across latitudes. ​ ​ ARC - Soil, Climate and Water 1/April/2022 Today is the official start of our WISH-ROOTS EJP. We have a exciting journey of three years ahead and we look forward to share our progress and outcomes with you. We want to thank you IPPN for a brilliant introduction of our project. IPPN Newsletter Q1/2022 30/March/2022 Our WISH-ROOTS EJP project was introduced at the 19th Wheat Genetic Improvement Network Stakeholders' Meeting Defra, UK Designing Future Wheat 19th WGIN Stakeholders Meeting 19/March/2022 Maria Hernandez career was featured in the Eastern Daily Press news (UK), including her research at John Innes Centre within the WISH-ROOTS consortium. ​ ​ ​ EDP - Maria Hernandez 17/March/2022 Maria Hernandez introduced the WISH-ROOTS project at the Advances in Soil Biology meeting in UK hosted by the Association of Applied Biology . ​ Advances in Soil Biology 10/March/2022 The WISH-ROOTS project takes off this spring with a pilot field trial in Norwich, UK. We will be screening twenty bread and durum wheat landraces for root traits linked to soil structure and nitrogen cycling. Pilot field trial - JIC 09/March/2022 Maria Hernandez provides scientific support at the Nuffield International CSC Design Spring - strategies to stop Soil Erosion by 2050 Nuffield International 07/March/2022 Busi Ndaba and Michael Kidson collecting soil samples at the Brits Experimental Farm, South Africa ARC Crops 04/March/2022 First soil samples collected from the WISH-ROOTS field at John Innes Centre Field station, UK Field trials - JIC

Meet the WISH-ROOTS Consortium Partners John Innes Centre, UK ARC-LNR, South Africa UniBo, Italy IGDB-CAS, China FZ Juelich, Germany KULeuven, Belgium Biome Makers Inc, Spain Consortium Created with BioRender.com

Data analysis and management Datasets from semi-field phenotyping, field trials and rhizosphere microbiome analysis will be used for advanced analysis. ​ ​ ​ ​ Our objective is to coordinate and perform exploratory and mechanistic analyses for the data sets collated to address the research objectives of the WISH-ROOTS project: - identify genomic regions in wheat linked to root traits that can enhance soil health (QTLs) and - generate predictive models for beneficial root-soil interactions. Data sets - Intranet

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Meet the WISH-ROOTS Consortium ARC - LNR, South Africa Ashira Roopnarain Current Position : Senior Researcher at the Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa Education : ​​PhD, Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Hobbies : Art & crafts, Reading, Gardening Bio : I have worked primarily in the field of renewable energy generation from organic waste and microalgae. Current research focus includes optimization of anaerobic digestion using microbial and nanotechnology mediated approaches, improving ex situ cultivation of indigenous medicinal plants and nanofertilizer development. ​ Role : My role in the WISH-ROOTS project is to supervise our field trials at the ARC Brits experimental farm, mentor students on the project and, together with the team, ensure smooth running of the project in SA. Busiswa Ndaba Current Position : Researcher at the Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa Education : ​PhD, Chemical Engineering, North-West University, South Africa Hobbies : Hiking, Zumba Bio : I have a background in bio-processing for production of second generation biofuels through microbial techniques and nanotechnology. Current research focus is on the potential use of nano-structured materials as nanofertilizers for agricultural applications. We study the behavior of the plant and soil in response to nanofertilizer application. ​ Role : My role in the WISH-ROOTS project is to supervise field trials at the Agricultural Research council (Brits experimental farm), conduct soil analysis and ensure that milestones are met timeously. Michael Kidson Current Position : Researcher at the Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa Education : MSc Soil Science Hobbies : Cycling, Bonsai and building working model steam trains Bio : Worked many years at training rural farmers how to produce crops following conservation agricultural principles, and doing research on the changes in the soil when CA is adopted. Presently working at understanding the dynamics of root exudate movement into the soil and utilisation by the microbes for cultivated and CA soils. Role : My role in the WISH-ROOTS project is to supervise field trials at the Agricultural Research council (Brits experimental farm), and perform soil analysis, including soil water measurements.

AE Watkins landrace collection of bread wheat John Innes Centre, UK - Designing Future Wheat References : Wingen LU, et al. Establishing the A. E. Watkins landrace cultivar collection as a resource for systematic gene discovery in bread wheat. Theor Appl Genet. 2014;127(8):1831-1842. John Innes Centre Germplasm Resources Unit Designing Future Wheat To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Tetraploid Global Collection Global Durum Genomic Resources References : Maccaferri et al 2019. Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets. Nat Genet 51, 885–895 (2019). To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

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1st Wheat GEMS mini-symposium Wheat Genetics, Microbiomes and Soil Health The Wheat GEMS was organized by the WISH-ROOTS coordination team at John Innes Centre (UK). The unique event brought together leading experts in wheat genetics, microbiome and soil science. Providing an overview of the science, and the cutting edge phenotyping approaches with the aim of building a research platform that will advance sustainable agriculture and environmental and human health. Programme and speakers Photo gallery Wheat GEMS intro Maria Hernandez-Soriano, JIC Coffee break Wheat GEMS intro 1/37 The hybrid event hosted 100+ international attendees according to the Eventbrite report.

WISH-ROOTS Funding agencies The project WISH-ROOTS- "Tuning the wheat root microbiome to improve soil health and optimize rhizosphere nitrogen cycling and availability" is supported by the European Join Programme Soil ERA- NET (HORIZON 2020) research and innovation programme ​ ​ ​ The opinions expressed and arguments employed on this website do not necessarily reflect the official views of the funding bodies. Neither the EJP Soil/BBSRC/ nor any person acting behalf of the EJP Soil/BBSRCI is responsible for the use which might be made of the information provided on this website. Weblinks EJP SOIL is a European Joint Programme Cofund on Agricultural Soil Management EJP Soil Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari e forestali (MiPAAF) MiPAAF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) BMBF The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) FWO Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) GRA New Zealand AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS Research Centre (NZAGRC) NZAGRC

Site information ​ Contact for the WISH-ROOTS project ​ Dr. Maria Hernandez-Soriano Coordination team WISH-ROOTS John Innes Centre Norwich Research Park, Colney Ln, Norwich NR4 7UH United Kingdom ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Site information This website is published by the WISH-ROOTS consortium. WISH-ROOTS has been funded through the EJP Soil by under the following funding bodies: By BBSRC under contract number xx By MiPAAF under contract number xx By BMBF under contract number xx By FWO under contract number xx By GRA under contract number xx ​ WISH-ROOTS Consortium agreement: . Publisher WISH-ROOTS consortium ​ Editors Maria Hernandez-Soriano, JIC ​ Implementation Maria Hernandez-Soriano, JIC WISH-ROOTS consortium partners ​ Copyright notice The contents of this website are owned by the WISH-ROOTS consortium and protected by copyright law. We retain all rights over the material published on this site. ​ Liability and disclaimer The project WISH-ROOTS - "" is supported by the EJP Soil programme under the Grant Agreement no xx, and by the xx under contract number xx. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the EJP Soil and the funding bodies. Neither the funding bodies nor any person acting behalf of the funding bodies is responsible for the use which might be made of the information provided on this website. All of the statements, results etc. contained in this site have been compiled by the authors according to their best knowledge and have been scrupulously checked by the WISH-ROOTS consortium. However, the possibility of mistakes cannot be ruled out entirely. Therefore, the publishers and the authors are not subject to any obligation and make no guarantees whatsoever regarding any of the statements etc. in this work; neither do they accept responsibility or liability for any possible mistakes contained therein. ​ Links The links on this page are for informational purposes only. WISH-ROOTS consortium is not responsible for the availability or content of these sites. In addition, providing links to these sites should not be interpreted as endorsement or approval by WISH-ROOTS partners. ​ Privacy Policy Further information on our privacy policy ​ www.jic.ac.uk/people/maria-hernandez-soriano/ wishroots2022@gmail.com

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