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Growing media trials

The extensive glasshouse facilities across our sites offer a range of specifications, presenting good commercial growing standards and offering controlled conditions and uniformity of environment. Trials can be established in basic heated areas or heated …

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NIAB wheat nested association mapping (NAM) panels

As part of the BBSRC-funded project Designing Future Wheat , NIAB has generated several hexaploid wheat nested association mapping (NAM) populations using two broad sources of wheat genetic diversity: (a) tetraploid wheat sources of genetic variation …

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Lorenzo Borleanu

Joining Niab as a field trials officer in 2015, Lorenzo Borleanu became a trials manager three years later, a centre manager in 2022 and most recently area manager for the south-east. Lorenzo is responsible for managing agricultural and horticultural …

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Deborah Babalola

Research interests Deborah has a BTech and MSc in Biochemistry. Her research interest is in the applications of genetics and genomic tools to crop improvement for economic sustainability, enhanced nutrition, and health. She is currently enrolled in the …

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Dr Sarah Arnold

Sarah specialises in the ecology and biology of pest and beneficial insects in fruit horticulture, both in the UK and overseas. She has a particular interest in the behaviour and ecology of pollinators, and also works on pest-plant and predator-pest …

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