Chris Jones

Chris Jones

Senior Principal Scientist

Chris Jones (UK) is program leader for feed and forage development, a multidisciplinary research program involving a team of plant molecular biologists, physiologists and geneticists, and animal nutrition scientists. His work is directed towards accelerating the genetic improvement of feed and forage species in support of livestock production in developing countries. He has a PhD from the University of Dundee and has researched all aspects of plant biotechnology from academic to highly commercially driven projects. He Joined ILRI in July 2015 from the New Zealand Crown Research Institute, AgResearch.

My Blog Posts

Buffalo at a watering point on a farm in Sunsari District, Nepal (photo credit: ILRI/Yanamani Nepal).

ILRI News

NEXUS Gains Initiative to develop strategy for efficient dairy production in water-stressed region of Nepal

Sintayehu Bashahyider feeds his sheep in front of his home

ILRI News

Livestock feed stakeholders call for better access to accurate feed analysis in Ethiopia

My Publications

Silencing AsLBD38 enhances nitrogen metabolism by repressing AsNRT2.4 in oat (Avena sativa L.) with mesoporous silica nanoparticle delivery systems

  • Zhang, J.
  • Shi, K.
  • Teng, S.
  • Liu, Z.
  • Xin, X.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Wang, Z.

Single-cell landscape of leaves reveals the roles of vascular tissue cells in the heat tolerance of pearl millet

  • Zhang, J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.

MaUGT79 confers drought tolerance by regulating scopolin biosynthesis in plants

  • Duan, Z.
  • Wu, F.
  • Yan, Q.
  • Wang, S.
  • Wang, Y.
  • Xie, Z.
  • Li, M.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Zhou, P.
  • Zhang, C.
  • Zhang, J.

Population structure and genetic diversity of Brachiaria grass (Urochloa spp.) accessions from the Democratic Republic of Congo using DArTseq single nucleotide polymorphism markers

  • Mushagalusa, P.B.
  • Kimwemwe, P.K.
  • Katunga, D.M.
  • Mondo, J.M.
  • Cirezi, N.C.
  • Ayagirwe, R.B.
  • Bacigale, S.B.
  • Mutai, Collins
  • Muktar, Meki S.
  • Kimani, Wilson
  • Jones, Christopher S.

Whole genome resequencing of a global collection of Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) to explore global population structure and QTL governing yield and feed quality traits

  • Teshome, Abel
  • Lire, H.
  • Higgins, J.
  • Olango, T.
  • Habte, Ermias H.
  • Negawo, Alemayehu T.
  • Muktar, Meki S.
  • Assefa, Yilikal
  • Pereira, J.F.
  • Azevedo, A.L.S.
  • Machado, J.C.
  • Nyamongo, D.
  • Zhang, J.
  • Qi, Y.
  • Anderson, W.
  • De Vega, J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.

Population genomics uncovers loci for trait improvement in the indigenous African cereal tef (Eragrostis tef)

  • Jones, M.R.W.
  • Kebede, W.
  • Teshome, Abel
  • Girija, A.
  • Teshome, A.
  • Girma, D.
  • Brown, J.K.M.
  • Quiroz-Chavez, J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Wulff, B.B.H.
  • Assefa, K.
  • Tadele, Z.
  • Mur, L.A.J.
  • Chanyalew, S.
  • Uauy, C.
  • Shorinola, Oluwaseyi
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