The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) welcomes the central conclusion of the House of Lords Agriculture Committee report into Innovation in EU Agriculture that agricultural science and technology must be at the heart of the EU’s response to …
Cambridge News’ Business Magazine July edition has a feature on NIAB and an interview with our CEO Dr Tina Barsby – view the interactive online magazine or click here to download a PDF of the …
NIAB TAG is investigating the possibility of at least one new race of brown rust (Puccinia triticina) on UK winter wheat following this year’s severe disease epidemic. The United Kingdom Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS), managed by NIAB TAG and …
NIAB has been awarded EU approval for its plant variety DUS testing of a range of agricultural species, as part of a European-wide assessment by the European Union Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO). For an agricultural variety to be added to a …
The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) confirms the presence of new races of yellow rust and brown rust in winter wheat. Yellow rust ( Puccinia striiformis ) samples collected from three farm crops of Warrior winter wheat earlier this summer …
NIAB TAG is holding a one-day courses in Autumn 2011 on grassland weed identification and management for farmers, crop inspectors, seed producers and agronomists on: 16 th November 2011 The course programme includes the theory and practice of grass …
NIAB CEO Dr Tina Barsby was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today yesterday (Monday 29 th August) as part of the programme’s feature on the ‘story of seed’ this week. Tina gives a brief overview on why we need plant breeding and seed certification. …
Two key changes to the 2012 NIAB Descriptive List for forage maize make it indispensable reading for farmers wanting to choose the best maize varieties for their situation. The List, launched by BSPB and NIAB at the Dairy Event today, now includes data …
Letter to The Times newspaper At the end of this month, the world’s population will reach 7 billion; 1 billion are hungry, and 1 billion more are malnourished ( http://tinyurl.com/3ngkyrt ). In the next decades, there will be more humans. Limited land and …
The Centre for Contemporary Agriculture (CCA) is a unique partnership between UEA, Easton College, John Innes Institute, Food Research Institute and NIAB-TAG. It aims to develop agricultural education, training and research to meet future local, national …
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