Our research team expertise includes: crop breeding, plant pathology, entomology, agronomy, crop nutrition and environmental research.
The Vegetable Genetic Resources Unit forms part of the Crop Centre. This has a remit for collection, conservation, characterisation, documentation and research for a range of vegetable crops and their wild relatives and is active in various international crop working groups and networks.

All members of the Crop Centre team work closely with other researchers in the School of Life Sciences and throughout the University.

In addition to their research expertise and specialist facilities, the Crop Centre team offer a range of training opportunities including post-graduate studies (research and MSc courses) and bespoke training.

Members of the team work closely with industry through directly-funded projects, levy-funded projects and schemes such as TSB, LINK, BBSRC Industrial Partnership Awards and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.