Today Niab is unique as an independent, science-based crop research organisation, working across plant science, crop evaluation and agronomy, and ensuring these advances are transferred effectively onto farm. Niab's establishment in 1919 had a major …
The research has been very successful in strawberry, raspberry and cherry. A coded product containing sugars (now named ‘Probandz’) and a commercially available adjuvant Combi-Protec are both very attractive to spotted wing drosophila (SWD) adults. When …
Research into exclusion of SWD using narrow mesh netting Further work in collaboration with a Waitrose CTP PhD studentship supervised by Niab and the University of Reading looked at the effects of the use of narrow mesh netting, which is employed by some …
Research carried out by PhD student Christina Conroy as part of the CTP for Fruit Crop Research studentship scheme, identified a chemical repellent that causes a reduction in egg laying in strawberries up to 6 metres away from the sachet containing the …
Three particularly exciting new control approaches were investigated in Project SF/TF 145a including the reduction of over-wintering populations, the use of a ‘push-pull’ technique and the use of bait sprays for control during the season. All of these …
During the monitoring process, data also showed that the traps nearest the crop on the woodland edge captured the most SWD, enabling growers to make better decisions about trap placement. Although numbers of SWD increased in the crop later in the year, a …
Sterile males are produced and introduced regularly by BigSis staff, to the semi-natural areas surrounding crops and within the crops themselves. These sterile males compete with wild males to mate with wild female spotted wing drosophila (SWD), which …
In a Growing Kent & Medway funded project, in partnership with Asplins PO and WB Chambers, Niab screened many accessions of strawberry and raspberry to identify if any show tolerance to SWD. Across the life of the project a wide range of strawberry and …
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