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Viticulture and Oenology

Following discussions with some of the principal UK grape growers and wine producers, a research vineyard was established by Niab at East Malling in 2015. It was set up for research purposes and provides the UK’s only, randomised and fully replicated R&D …

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Apple Best Practice Guide

Originally funded and hosted by AHDB, on the dissolution of AHDB Horticulture in 2021 Niab took over the hosting of the Guide, including updating it when new information and research becomes available. The current version was produced by Prof. Jerry …

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Apple Best Practice Guide - a history

The first edition of ‘The Best Practice Guide for UK Apple Production’ was funded and produced by Defra in paper form and distributed to growers in a ring binder. The objective was to collate information on the ‘best practice’ of all aspects of commercial …

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'Apple Best Practice Guide' moves to niab.com

Free and available to all, the online Guide , hosted by the crop research organisation NIAB, contains a vast volume of best practice information on commercial apple production. Topics covered include ‘ Agronomy ’, with information on flowering, fruit set, …

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Niab Fruit Annual Review

Annual portfolios of Niab’s current and recent fruit research projects available in flip-book format or as a downloadable PDF.  If you would like the Niab Fruit Annual Review delivered to your inbox or to your door please sign-up with the relevent contact …

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South (Sutton Scotney) Open Day - 16 June 2026

Open to all, members and non-members, access Niab’s latest agronomy research and demonstrations at our Hampshire trials site, alongside impartial advice on wheat, oilseed rape, oats and barley variety choice, spring crop agronomy, and future fungicide …

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Black-grass Open Day - 3 June 24

NIAB's first open black-grass event for over five years with a tour of our new black-grass trials site at Hinxton, south of Cambridge, plus a round-up on NIAB's latest advice for black-grass management and control. John Cussans (Weed Management …

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