NIAB has appointed Dr Richard Harrison as its new Director of Cambridge Crop Research. Dr Harrison currently leads the crop genetics, genomics and breeding research programme at NIAB EMR in Kent. He takes up his new role with immediate effect, guiding the …
All three rusts (yellow rust, leaf rust and stem rust) are being reported by collaborators in the H2020 EU RustWatch project, which NIAB is a partner in, with severe yellow and leaf rust attacks reported in Spain, Belgium, Northern France, UK and Denmark. …
It takes a truly exceptional variety to win the Niab Cereals Cup in a normal year and Niab can be go for several years without making an award. The Cup was first awarded in 1953 to the spring barley Proctor and past winners have included Einstein winter …
NIAB technical director Bill Clark , plant breeder Dr Phil Howell , and cereal variety specialist Clare Leaman considered 100 years of cereal varieties grown in the UK and assessed them in terms of agronomic value, market influence and lasting impact, …
NIAB welcomed Her Majesty The Queen to Cambridge on Tuesday 9th July with a celebration of 100 years of crop science. As part of the organisation’s Centenary celebrations CEO and Director Dr Tina Barsby accompanied The Queen as she met staff in the Sophi …
Rt Hon Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, launched two new strawberry varieties from the East Malling Strawberry Breeding Programme (EMSBC) based at NIAB EMR at the 2019 Fruit Focus event. Malling Champion is a …
It's moving week at NIAB! Our Agricultural Crops Characterisation, Pathology, Ornamentals Crops Characterisation, Analytical Services (including NIAB LabTest), OSTS, and crop transformation teams are moving from the Huntingdon Road site into our fantastic …
The University of Cambridge has elected Dr Giles Oldroyd to the Russel R Geiger Professorship of Crop Science, leading the Crop Science Centre partnership with NIAB. As Director Professor Oldroyd will be based in the Crop Science Building at NIAB’s new …
The NIAB posters are grouped together into a range of topics and are now available for you to download below: Fungicides Black-grass New Farming Systems Genetics and breeding Pathology If you need more information please contact us on …
The varieties Smoothi CS and Abrisse from Caussade Semences, Prospect from Limagrain, LiRoyal from DSV and KWS Calvini from KWS are all new entrants onto the Favourable Sites DL. The Less Favourable DL, aimed at 'marginal' growing conditions, sees the …
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