NIAB - National Institute of Agricultural Botany
Plant Science Into Practice
Oilseeds
Contact Simon Kightley
Services
- Assessing variety performance under different crop management systems
- Disease inoculated and controlled environment trials
- Customised trials to suit your requirements e.g. multiplication
- Crop nutrition and agronomy studies
- Crop Variety evaluation and demonstration trials
- Agrochemical efficacy, registration, screening, residue and demonstration trials
- Seed treatment/seed dressing trials
Resources
- Well established regional trial centres providing a range of geographical and environmental situations
- Extensive database of UK farmers/growers willing to host NIAB trials
- Specialist and standard equipment, Combines, Swathers and Mengele
- BASIS and FACTS qualified members of staff
- Field, glasshouse and controlled environment facilities
Crop capability
| - Oilseed Rape | - Sunflowers |
| - Linseed | - Hemp |
| - Crambe | - Flax |
| - Soya | - Borage |
Service Support
- Trials are supported by NIAB’s scientific laboratory and research services
- Seed handling services; treatment and packeting of seed for trials
- Oils, Glucosinolate and Dry matter determination
- Evaluation and characterisation of germplasm
- Produce quality analysis
- Data handling and statistical analysis
- Training courses provided by crop experts
- Market influence, through publications, press releases and demonstrations