Session 1: Technical Strategy for Apples and Pears Welcome (Mario Caccamo Niab, Rob Saunders BAPL Technical Committee) BAPL update (Ali Capper BAPL) Place based innovation for horticulture, with national impact (Simon Barnes GKM) Overview of how BAPL …
Krystyna Gostkiewicz has many years of experience at Niab, working on faba bean and other pulse crops. She has extensive expertise in downy mildew of broad-leafed pulses, including disease epidemiology, resistance screening, and large-scale pathology …
Wheat stem rust is caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici ( Pgt ). It remains a major threat to global wheat production because new races can appear suddenly and bypass resistance genes ( Sr genes) that breeders have deployed in wheat. …
Research interests Senior Programme Leader with expertise in genetics, genomics and plant pathology; specialising in legumes and oilseeds and their pathogens, with a specific interest in downy mildews Research projects Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement …
Professor Mario Caccamo has accepted a new international leadership role at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as one of the inaugural Translational Professors, a newly established senior faculty track designed to accelerate …
John joined Niab as COO in February 2026. He is a senior leader known for turning scientifically ambitious ideas into reliable, scalable operational reality. With more than 35 years of experience across manufacturing, defence, health, research and …
Tom leads the research support team for the pathology group at East Malling, taking the lead in the day-to-day delivery of project and trials work to deliver impactful research with a high level of integrity. Tom has worked on multiple research projects …
Click on the link to register: Events | CUPGRA OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS At the CUPGRA 36th Annual Potato Conference the Forum discussed the question: Will we see precision-bred potatoes on our plates by 2035? This discussion highlighted the need to consider …
Research interests Timo is working as a principal research scientist at the Genetics, Genomics & Breeding department at East Malling and as an associate professor at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki. His research focuses on …
The long-awaited Farm Profitability Report by Baroness Minette Batters, released shortly before Christmas, delivers a direct challenge to government and industry. Niab, together with our partners in the Growing Kent & Medway cluster, sponsored the first …
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