The Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network (VeGIN) was initiated with funding from Defra. The Network brings together research focused on key vegetable crops and encourages collaborations between industry and researchers to address how genetic improvement of crop varieties can contribute to a sustainable increase in food production to meet the twin challenges of food security and climate change.

VeGIN brings together research on the genetic improvement of carrot, onion, leafy vegetables and salads and maintains the genetic resource collections in the Warwick Genetic Resources Unit (GRU). It benefits from knowledge arising from satellite projects funded by industry and other government funders and provide underpinning resources for such projects.

VeGIN's sector focused research

 

The major UK vegetable crops; Brassica, Lettuce, Carrot and Onion all make an important contribution to a healthy UK diet and our "5-a-day"

The aims of VeGIN are:

• To develop the genetic resources and tools to accelerate breeding for “sustainability traits” in field vegetables
  
  
• To establish an effective network with industry, for knowledge transfer to promote market delivery of R&D

  
  

  VeGIN is hosted at:

  • The Crop Centre is part of Warwick’s School of Life Sciences and is located on the Wellesbourne campus.
    
    
    
    
    
    

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Warwick Genetic Resources Unit (GRU)