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The presence of a further ‘significant’ wheat yellow rust race in the UK has been confirmed by the UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS).

UK crop researchers could boost yields of a vitally important global food crop by going back to its wild relatives to find new sources of disease resistance.

A new industry-wide soil biology research programme, that aims to improve on-farm understanding of soil health and management, is to be led by Dr Elizabeth Stockdale, recently appointed Head of Farming Systems at UK crop research organisation NIAB.

Six new first-choice varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2018 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists (DL) issued today, alongside nine new varieties on the Forage Maize for Anaerobic Digestion DLs.

Unifying the approaches to plant and animal breeding through the use of genomic selection is crucial to achieving global food security, according to a team of world leading scientists.

UK growers would benefit from using non-inversion tillage systems for cereal production according to results of soil and cultivation research carried out by NIAB TAG, the James Hutton Institute (JHI) and the University of Aberdeen.

Up to 31 species of farmland birds were recorded on NIAB’s farm and trials fields on the outskirts of Cambridge during spring 2017.

Reducing the amount of water needed to grow high quality full flavoured strawberries while at the same time optimising the yield of the crop is now achievable thanks to the work of the new Water Efficient Technologies (WET) Centre, developed at NIAB EMR.

TIGR2ESS, a collaboration between UK and Indian scientists, has been given the green light, with funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund, one of 37 supported projects.

The new Cambridge Centre for Crop Science will focus on linking with farming and food industries to translate research into real world impact.