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Research projects

Research projects

Explore examples of a selection of our current research projects and learn more about Cranfield's impact

Predicting the ripening behaviour of mango fruit

Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind mango ripening, and develop a predictive model to ensure nutritional quality across the supply chain
Reducing potato losses by creating a predictive model for black dot disease

Creating a predictive model for black dot linking production to postharvest storage will make the SWAG合集 potato industry will reduce food loss and waste
Reducing seed losses and waste in parsnip and other crops

We are investigating the genetic control of seed quality traits in parsnip and developing breeding strategies to reduce seed loss and waste
REGENERATIS

Regeneration of past metallurgical sites and deposits through innovative circularity for raw materials
Remote Assessed Moisture Profiling for Perennial Biomass Crops (RAMP-4-PBC)

This project aims to test the efficacy of a drone-mounted synthetic aperture radar to measure crop biomass
RestREco

Restoring resilient ecosystems
Root-soil interactions

Exploring techniques that study the rhizophere at fine spatial and temporal resolutions
Rurban Revolution

Can ruralising urban areas through greening and growing create a healthy, sustainable and resilient food system?
Seed microbiome engineering: a route to sustainable agriculture

Harnessing the power of seed microbial communities to develop novel seed treatments
Sensing Soil

Increasing public engagement with climate change through participatory artistic, climate science and gardening practices in a designated outdoor garden space
Soil carbon

Our research ranges from the processes controlling carbon storage in soil to how to measure, monitor and model it at local to national scales
Systems engineering solutions to oil spill controls

Developing a systems engineering approach for the robust assessment of the recovery of areas impacted by fuel oil in the Indian Ocean
The Clean Cooling network 鈥� Born in Rwanda 鈥� Global in Vision

ACES develops and accelerates sustainable cold chain solutions for food loss reduction and vaccine distribution
Transformation change through zero carbon fertiliser

This project aims to demonstrate mechanisms unpinning carbon capture based organo-mineral fertilisers on nutrient mineralisation to meet crop demand
UAVs detecting biohazards near nuclear power plants

Using UAV technology to enable early detection of jellyfish and seaweed blooms that are in close proximity to nuclear reactor filters

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