I find it compelling to look at these challenges, and the critical contribution of crop genetic innovation, through the perspective of NIAB’s 100-year history . NIAB was founded in 1919 in response to the post-war food crisis when there were serious …
Paludiculture - exploring the way forward for wetter farming in England …
Places are available for a free-to-attend technical webinar featuring the latest research and advice for UK and overseas tree fruit growers and farmers, trade and scientists. Run by NIAB, the Tree Fruit Day event is taking place online on 21st February …
Malling™ Fruits has issued grower guidelines for Malling™ Centenary, its most successful variety that has become the strawberry industry’s standard Junebearer variety. Bred by the East Malling Strawberry Breeding Club (EMSBC) and released in 2013 to …
As Head of Glasshouse Facilities, Emma manages two teams at the glasshouse complexes at East Malling and at Cambridge. Her main duties involve the service delivery of various science projects and external trials, including running environmental computer …
Trial results from the Straelen/Cologne-Auweiler Horticultural Test Centre in Germany has shown that the double-cropping raspberry variety is well adapted to local growing conditions, achieving high yields. In 2022, long-cane trials of Malling™ Bella®, …
First of we headed to NIAB Labtest , here we found Amanda Southwell checking for the detection of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. Phaseolicola in bean seed. In the last few years we’ve all become familiar with PCR tests to test for Covid, but today Sofia was …
Die Versuchsergebnisse des Gartenbauzentrums der Landwirtschaftskammer NRW in Köln-Auweiler in Deutschland haben gezeigt, dass die Sorte gut an die örtlichen Anbaubedingungen angepasst ist und hohe Erträge erzielt. Im Jahr 2022 trugen die Ende März …
Since joining Niab from the commercial sector in 2007, Phil has worked on key breeding and pre-breeding projects including Niab's flagship wheat resynthesis programme, the multi-partner WISP, DFW and DSW wheat pre-breeding initiatives, and the development …
Precision irrigation and water use efficiency Early work demonstrated that water savings could be achieved by using precision irrigation (PI) tools, a sensor-based, fully automated system that consistently supplies sufficient water to achieve a target …
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