Dr. Noam Chayut
2024
Dr Noam Chayut, a senior scientist in the department of Crop Genetics at Jhon Innes Centre (JIC) is an applied crop geneticist and leads the Germplasm Resources (GR) team since 2018. Noam’s vision has been to associate crop conservation with crop genomics and high throughput seed phenomics, aiming at broadening the gene-pool diversity used in crop science, and empowering crop improvement through traditional and modern (precise) plant breeding. The GR team is the custodian of UK strategic crop collections comprising of over 50,000 publicly available wheat, barley, oat and pea accessions. The germplasm is distributed internationally to support crop science, breeding, conservation, and farming.
Noam represents the John Innes Centre in The UK Plant Genetic Resources Group and for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing. He is a member in the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources, in the working groups for wheat, and grain legume and a member of the International Society of Seed Science. Noam’s team focuses on three aspects of crop conservation research to address technological and knowledge gaps impeding cost-effective genebanking delivery: developing improved seed regeneration processes, Genebank-Genomics, and high throughput non-destructive phenotyping for grain nutritional quality.
My Sessions
Heritage Grains: Walk to the Field
John Letts
Dr. Emma Burnett
Dr. Marina Chang
Colin Johnston
Dr. Noam Chayut
Will Dorman
Join us on a walk and talk, where we can discuss the move towards heritage grains, different ways of growing and using the grain, and have a meander around the heritage wheat field here at Lannock Manor Farm.
Heritage Grains: What Are They & Why Grow Them?
John Letts
Dr. Emma Burnett
Dr. Marina Chang
Colin Johnston
Dr. Noam Chayut
Will Dorman
Modern cereal varieties can produce high yields when grown with massive inputs of fuel and agrichemicals. But this approach has left our food systems dangerously exposed to pests, diseases, climate change and economic crises. Genetically diverse populations of heritage grains can be grown without agrichemicals in a way that nurtures the soil, supports biodiversity and […]
Heritage Grains: Walk to the Field
John Letts
Dr. Emma Burnett
Dr. Marina Chang
Colin Johnston
Dr. Noam Chayut
Will Dorman
Join us on a walk and talk, where we can discuss the move towards heritage grains, different ways of growing and using the grain, and have a meander around the heritage wheat field here at Lannock Manor Farm.