Designing Future Wheat (DFW) is a BBSRC funded institute strategic programme aimed to develop novel wheat germplasm characterised for the next generation of key traits for the wider plant community. DFW co-ordinates expertise in world-leading BBSRC institutes and university programmes and covers four major research themes within four separate work packages.

• WP1 Increased efficiency and sustainability (covering optimisation of ideotypes and resource use efficiency), led by Malcolm Hawkesford, RRes.
• WP2 Added value and resilience (covering safe and reliable grain, and durable resistance to pathogens and pests), led by Cristobal Uauy, JIC.
• WP3 Novel germplasm development led by Simon Griffiths, JIC.
• WP4 Improved data access and analysis led by Rob Davey, EI.

The Notts_WRC is part of work package three “Novel germplasm development” led by Dr. Simon Griffiths (JIC). At the University of Nottingham, wheat wild relative selections will be used to generate a set of lines carrying smaller homozygous introgressions - a long awaited first for wheat genetics and breeding. We aim to provide these lines as part of the breeders toolkit for distribution to the plant community and breeders.

DFW is a collaborative programme involving many partners: