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Dr James Cockram

Research interests James is a Group Leader working on trait genetics at Niab. After completing a PhD and post-doctoral position at the John Innes Centre, he has worked at Niab as a Group Leader since 2013. His research focuses on the application of plant …

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Kevin Middleton

With almost 20 years experience of working in communications, I run Niab’s social media channels, manage website content, act as a photographer at events and produce video content. Essentially, any digital content that comes out of Niab, comes across my …

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Dr Michelle Fountain

Research interests Michelle specialises in the minimisation of pesticide use in fruit horticulture, improving pollination in fruit crops and incorporating modern fruit growing practices with Integrated Pest Management. The former includes research on …

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Tim Henshaw

Tim joined Niab in March 2018, with more than 30 years’ experience in the agricultural industry, and was appointed as Technical Manager for Seed Certification in March 2019. He has responsibility for administration, control plots and seed crop inspections …

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Alex Talibudeen

Responsibilities Alex Talibudeen is the Technical Manager responsible for DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) Testing of Winter Oilseed Rape, Fodder Rape, Field Bean, and Fodder Kale on behalf of APHA for National Listing (NL) and Plant Breeder’s …

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Botanical descriptions of varieties

As part of the procedure of testing varieties for distinctness, uniformity and stability, botanical descriptions are compiled. These are used by crop inspectors to identify varieties. Summary description sheets (also known as the coloured sheets) of the …

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Dr Vanessa McMillan

Vanessa joined Niab in 2019 and is responsible for the delivery of DUS (Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability) testing of sugar beet and cereals (barley, oat and wheat) on behalf of APHA for Variety Listing (VL) and Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR). She …

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Analytical Services

Niab provides commercial and statutory analytical services across a range of crops as part of Niab LabTest (agriculture) and East Malling Services (horticulture and fruit). These include potato virus testing, grain quality tests, variety identification, …

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Plant Genetic Resources Journal

Plant Genetic Resources is an international journal that brings together the many diverse topics concerned with plant genetic resources. Each issue gives you access to peer-reviewed research papers on genetic variation in plants, both crop and non-crop, …

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