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Glasshouse trials

Niab's glasshouse teams at Cambridge and East Malling offer comprehensive, independent glasshouse trials and services designed for both industry and research customers. With crop husbandry experience across hundreds of plant species, we provide bespoke …

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The benefits of NIAB TAG membership

Four years ago, Craig took over managing the Lockerley Estate farm in Hampshire. Prior to that he was an Agronomist. ‘Coming from an agronomy background, I knew how well respected NIAB are in the industry. So I became a NIAB TAG member, as I wanted a …

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CambPlants webinar: plant health Dec 2020

The webinar video is now available to view  Watch Webinar Programme: Chair: Dr Richard Harrison - Director of Cambridge Crop Research, NIAB. Speakers: Dr Martin Clough - Head of Technology & Digital Integration at Syngenta Crop Protection. Cathryn …

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Improving gene editing efficiency in wheat

Research by the NIAB Crop Transformation team has shown how gene editing efficiency in wheat can be significantly improved just by tweaking the temperature. Part of the BBSRC-funded 'A community resource for wheat and rice transformation' project the …

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Video: Designing Future Wheat (2021)

Crossing Richard Horsnell explains the first steps of Designing Future Wheat. In the glasshouses at NIAB, he shows us how he makes the initial crosses, and explains what we're trying to achieve. [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0MQzJRJBgI]   …

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UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey

The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) monitors cereal rusts in the UK, detecting and warning industry and growers of new races of disease emerging on resistant varieties. It is funded by Defra and AHDB and has been managed by Niab since its …

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