A free online course on the selection and management of cover crops is now available from ARTIS, NIAB TAG’s training platform. Understanding Cover Crops , available at www.artistraining.com, will help participants choose the right cover crop and provide …
The fourth round of applications for the Community Resource for Wheat Transformation is open . The Community Resource for Wheat Transformation is a resource for UK plant scientists to apply for their genes to be transformed into wheat free of charge, …
New genomics driven surveillance strategy to tackle emerging and re-emerging crop pathogens that threaten global food security UK scientists from The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC), John Innes Centre (JIC), The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) and the National …
NIAB has secured £147,000 funding from BBSRC for a two year £225,000 Agri-Transfer project in Kenya to support the uptake of new crop varieties by smallholder farmers and promote new agricultural and dissemination technologies. Part of the Flexible …
Studies of cereal pathogen populations in the UK have shown rusts are becoming increasingly diverse – affecting varieties in different, and often unpredictable, ways – and crops should be monitored closely. This was a key message arising from today’s UK …
A team of scientists from the John Innes Centre (JIC) , the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have successfully transferred a receptor that recognises bacteria from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - a …
Stand summary (find us at stand 612) The latest independent advice and research on plant breeding, varieties, crop agronomy, soils and plant innovation – covering everything a visitor to Cereals 2015 is looking for, including: winter wheat and winter …
The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) is calling for the industry to monitor cereal crops and send in diseased samples for analysis. Managed by NIAB, and funded by HGCA and Fera, the UKCPVS tracks potential shifts in UK pathogen populations, …
Bill Clark's Wheat Disease ID and Ron Stobart's Cover Crops e-learning courses are free until 31 May 2015. Top up your skills and BASIS points now. Complete the courses by 31 May to have your BASIS points added to the 2014/2015 BASIS year. Just 3 days …
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