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NIAB is a major international centre for plant research, crop evaluation and agronomy – a unique national resource, with nearly 100 years of experience and an internationally recognised reputation for independence, innovation and integrity.

With headquarters in Cambridge and regional offices across the country, NIAB spans the crop development pipeline, with the specialist knowledge, skills and facilities required to support the improvement of agricultural and horticultural crop varieties, to evaluate their performance and quality, and to ensure these advances are transferred into on-farm practice through efficient agronomy.

Genetics and Breeding

NIAB’s team of research scientists have in-depth expertise across a wide range of technologies including a commercial crop transformation service. The prebreeding platform includes a team of commercially experienced breeders operating over a range of cereal and novel crop targets focused on increasing the long-term genetic potential of crops. The work is supported by BBSRC and other government agencies, often in partnership with industry. It underpins and supplements the commercial plant breeding industry by providing a link to upstream genetic research.

Varieties and Seeds

NIAB’s traditional core business is statutory variety evaluation, seed certification and seed testing, supporting the delivery of Plant Variety Rights and Seeds legislation. This includes providing expert phenotyping skills, testing facilities, analytical services, and seed certification training in agricultural and ornamental crops. Activities include servicing contracts on behalf of Fera, the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and national PVR offices.

Crops and Agronomy

As NIAB TAG and NIAB CUF they carry out independent variety and agronomic research, alongside specialist field and laboratory services, and deliver information and expertise directly to farmers, growers and industry; individual contractors; and commercial customers. Research is funded from charitable, levy or government and industry sources, often in collaboration with partner organisations and institutions, and by NIAB TAG and CUPGRA members.

NIAB EMR

In early 2016 East Malling Research became part of the NIAB group. Based in Kent, NIAB EMR is internationally renowned for its top fruit and soft fruit crop research, complementing NIAB’s scientific expertise in arable crops, potatoes and ornamentals. It has capabilities in horticultural and environmental science, including world-leading expertise in plant breeding, soil science, water use and biological pest control. www.emr.ac.uk

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Backpack LiDAR used for the first time in field phenotyping

LiDAR is used by the Environment Agency and others to visualise gradients and recreate 3D landscapes – now this technology is being used for crop phenotyping, to show the physical characteristic of plants obtained by breeding.

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£1.25 million investment in pioneering crop waste research facility

The Eastern AgriTech Innovation Hub, a specialist Soham-based crop and food waste research centre, has completed a £1.25 million upgrade of its facilities, including investment in growing facilities, green technology and power production. The investment, 50% of which is from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board, includes new polytunnels, a glasshouse, heat pump, sustainable water-use facilities and a 33KW solar farm installed on the site.

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New NIAB chief executive to strengthen role as 'go-to' place for innovation

Professor Mario Caccamo has been appointed as the new chief executive of the UK crop science organisation NIAB. A computer scientist by training, Professor Caccamo is currently NIAB’s Deputy Director and Managing Director of NIAB EMR. He has over 20 years’ experience in life science research and big data, including specific projects to apply the latest DNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics methods to advance scientific understanding of crop genetics and the interaction of agricultural crops with their environment

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Ace strawberry from NIAB EMR set to be launched

‘MallingTM Ace’, is a strawberry first selected in 2015 and trialled in 2017 at NIAB EMR, the horticultural research centre at East Malling. It offers the potential to boost the fortunes of growers in the UK by providing high-quality fruit throughout the year that matches the quality of the best June strawberries. After the success of its commercial trials in 2019, Malling Ace has been fast-tracked to get it to market.

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Barn4 is NIAB's new agritech start-up incubator

Launched this week is the Germination Programme – this is designed to help concept stage start-ups formulate their ideas. Support comes in the form of technical and business advice and use of the Barn4 facility. More importantly will be the availability of NIAB’s technical experts to support the development of technology and to guide early stage companies through the complexities of the agricultural sector.

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Soil health and the circular economy – a sustainable future for agriculture - Agri-Tech Week 2020

NIAB's Agri-Tech Week 2020 event explored the key themes of the use of farm waste to improve soil structure, health and performance. The outputs of a number of strategic projects were discussed.

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Crop Science Centre Virtual Launch with Professor Giles Oldroyd and Dr Tina Barsby

NIAB are hugely excited by the Centre’s potential to conduct world-leading research in global food security. Join them for this very special launch event - speakers include Professor Giles Oldroyd (Director, Crop Science Centre), Dr Tina Barsby (CEO, NIAB) and Sir David Baulcombe (Royal Society Research Professor).

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Cambridge agritech incubator Barn4 on NIAB Park Farm gains funding

Barn4, a purpose-built Cambridge agritech incubator that will give start-ups access to sector specific expertise and laboratory facilities is to be co-located on the NIAB Park Farm site in Histon. Tenants will gain access to the recently redeveloped Park Farm field research station, which includes two new large research and office buildings and state-of-the-art research glasshouses.

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Impact study: NIAB research delivers 18 fold return to the wider UK economy

An independent assessment of the value of research taking place at crop science organisation NIAB has revealed an 18-fold return on investment to the wider UK economy. The economic impact report, by Donald Webb of Brookdale Consulting, concluded that for every £1 spent on research at NIAB, at least £17.60 is returned to the UK economy through improved production efficiency, economic growth, import substitution, export earnings and inward investment.

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You couldn't visit the soil pit at Cereals Event, so we're bringing it to you!

NIAB's Lydia Smith and Patrick McKenna take you beneath the top soil for a worm's eye view of the soil structure at E W Davies Farms in Essex. In this series of four short videos they talk about the soil structure and show how it varies between a herbal ley and an arable crop.

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NIAB at the Royal Norfolk Show

Visit NIAB's virtual stand the Innovation Hub 2020, which went digital as a response to the cancellation of the Show.

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Free Podcast: Soil and Nutrient Management with NIAB and ADAS

Join Roger Sylvester-Bradley, Head of Crop Performance at ADAS, and David Clarke, Soil Scientist at NIAB, as we cover the results of 120 year long field trials, and the Yield Enhancement Network competition findings.

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Opportunity Zone: Seasonal Field Trials Technicians (CD: 19/02/2020)

NIAB is looking to recruit Field Trial Technicians, to work in plant variety trials. The roles will involve sample collection, measuring plant characteristics in the field and via image analysis, and a range of other practical tasks.

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Agri-Tech Week 2019: Baby leaf – a growing resource from field to tunnel

NIAB hosted an Agri-Tech Week event at its Park Farm Innovation Farm to discuss what would be needed to grow the crop 24/7 with minimal waste to maximise the potential of this crop.

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Opportunity Zone: Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

The Professorship is a key component of the Cambridge Centre for Crop Science partnership involving the University and the National Institute for Agricultural Botany (NIAB). The Professor will be based in a new Crop Science Building on the NIAB Headquarters located 2 miles from the Department.

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Cereals – NIAB celebrates 100 years of plant science

The past, present and future of plant science takes centre stage at the NIAB stand at the 2019 Cereals Event, with nearly 120 different crop and variety plots celebrating the organisation’s centenary year.

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