Three new varieties have been added to the 2010 BBRO/NIAB Recommended List of Sugar Beet Varieties. This is fewer than recent years and with withdrawals means there are now 17 varieties to choose from. Saracen from Syngenta is a conventional variety with …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany is investigating a potential new race of yellow rust on winter wheat. In 2008 the United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) collected two isolates of yellow rust from Group 1 wheat Solstice and …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and The Arable Group (TAG) are at an advanced stage of merger discussions to create a national, independent centre for applied crop research and information. Both organisations believe a merged …
NIAB has added three more varieties to the NIAB Herbage Recommended List for 2009 following an appeals procedure. All three have been recommended for special use. CONTRAST , marketed by Limagrain, is a diploid intermediate perennial ryegrass. It has …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany has verified the presence of a new race of yellow rust on UK winter wheat. In 2008 the Fera/HGCA-funded UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) at NIAB collected two isolates of yellow rust from plants …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany has awarded its Cereals Cup to the malting spring barley variety Quench from Syngenta Seeds. NIAB chief executive Dr Tina Barsby presented the award to Syngenta’s head of barley breeding Paul Bury and Robert …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) has welcomed calls from a cross-party group of MPs for the UK to invest an extra £100m in public sector agricultural research. The demand for additional research funding is one of the main …
Significant changes in variety market share are expected this autumn following confirmation of the final HGCA Recommended List (RL) oilseed rape trials results. The national crop has long been dominated by the conventional varieties Castille and ES Astrid …
The National Institute of Agricultural Botany joins with members of the international plant science community to mourn the death at the weekend of Dr Norman Borlaug, renowned wheat scientist whose pioneering work in developing high-yielding wheat …
Niab
Park Farm Campus
Villa Road
Histon
Cambridge
CB24 9AT, UK
Tel: +44(0)1223 342200
Email: [email protected]
