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Publications & resources

Niab produces a range of invaluable publications and resources for a range of audiences - from academic journals to crop and variety information for use on farm by agronomists and …

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Dr Michael Gifford

Responsibilities Michael joined NIAB as Director of Commercialisation in March 2019. His role is to develop revenue streams based on the research and intellectual property being developed within NIAB. Within this he manages much of the SME engagement, is …

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Resources

UK wheat varieties pedigree The wheat pedigree provides information on parentage, country of origin, year of use and breeding company for an extensive set of UK wheat varieties. Last updated in December 2021. Marker assisted selection assays The Niab …

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BSPB Forage Maize Descriptive Lists

The BSPB Forage Maize Crop Group organises independent Descriptive List testing for forage maize varieties, financed by the BSPB and managed by Niab.  The List aims to compare major maize varieties in the UK market place across the key growing locations …

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Variety evaluation and management

Niab champions the role of independent agronomic research in UK agriculture, with its network of field-based variety evaluation and crop husbandry research and its expertise in interpretation and dissemination, alongside the specialist field and …

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Dry matter range predictor for forage maize

The following procedure is designed to identify an initial target DM% to consider. Once that target DM% is identified consider varieties within 2% either side being within five days either side of the selected harvest date e.g. the target DM% is 35 then …

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Get involved

The India-UK CINTRIN partnership represents a powerful alliance of academia, research institutes and business, and provides a timely demonstration of the synergy that arises when end-to-end approaches address specific targets for reducing the use of …

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NIAB is on the move

Moving day is getting closer and we're getting excited! From 2nd February 2020 our new HQ site on Lawrence Weaver Road will be open for business. So please be patient while our teams, currently based at Huntingdon Road, move across to the new site in …

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