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Quantitative Expertise at Rothamsted Research • Computational and Systems Biology (CSYS) • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/computational-and-systems-biology – Supporting and contributing to research across the breadth of the RRes science programme – 20:20 Wheat; Designing Seeds; Delivering Sustainable Systems; Cropping Carbon • Applied Statistics • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/applied-statistics – Designing experiments and surveys; statistical analysis and modelling; spatial (geo-)statistics; multivariate methods • Applied Bioinformatics • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/applied-bioinformatics – Next generation sequence analysis for gene discovery and hypothesis generation; network biology and data integration; data visualisation; data mining Quantitative Expertise at Rothamsted Research • Mathematical Modelling – To study population dynamics, epidemiology and evolutionary ecology of plants and their pests and pathogens – Of crop-climate interactions to quantify future threats to crops and identify crop improvement targets – Using the novel physics and mathematics of optimal searching, random walks and turbulence to develop mechanistic models of invertebrate movement patterns – To study the biology, chemistry and physics of soils and soil processes, including nutrient and pollutant cycling, and soil-root interactions – To evaluate the sustainability of modern agricultural practices and the trade-offs with the provision of environmental goods and services – To evaluate the productivity and environmental impact of energy crops Data Resources at Rothamsted Research • Long Term Experiments • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/long-term-experiments-national-capability – electronic Rothamsted Archive / Sample Archive – Data on crop production, nutrition, plant diversity, ... with associated meteorological records since 1843! • Rothamsted Insect Survey • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/ – Focussed on data for aphids and moths from a network of sites for the past 40 years • North Wyke Farm Platform • http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/farmplatform – Detailed spatial and temporal information on inputs and outputs from a grassland beef and sheep system under different management approaches • AgriTech AIMS Centre • https://agritech.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/27/aims-putting-the-uk-at-heart-ofthe-big-data-revolution-in-agriculture/ – Agricultural Informatics and Metrics of Sustainability – Raising awareness, reducing risks and costs, and increasing the utility of data to the UK agrifood industry