Warm, wet environments increase the prevalence of fungal infections. Work at The Sainsbury Laboratory is aimed at increasing resilience of crops to these major plant diseases.
BBRO has been focussed on new approaches to mitigate the impact of withdrawal of neonicotinoid seed treatments, which has left the UK sugar beet crop exposed to the aphid-borne infection.
Smart irrigation resulted in a 7% increase in the yield of strawberries following commercial trial of a precision irrigation packaged by NIAB EMR with Delta-T Devices.
Crop Angel’s new aerial applicator offered the potential to extend the flight times for UAVs, allowing them to cover a greater crop area more cost-effectively and with greater precision.
The John Innes Centre has been developing plant-based solutions to chronic health conditions. Conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, anaemia and Parkinson’s Disease can be mitigated with wrinkled peas, fortified floor and genetically modified tomatoes respectively, recent work has shown.
Miscanthus is a commercial crop due to its high biomass productivity and resilience. Research by the Earlham Institute has shown It grows well on marginal land in the UK, where yields might otherwise be limited by scorching summers and wet winters.
30MHz wireless sensors assess how happy the crop is from crop level environmental conditions, including actual leaf and stem metrics.
Skippy Scout is currently ten times faster than traditional crop walking methods, says Jack Wrangham, founder of Drone AG
An in-depth international study into the impact of traffic and tillage on soil compaction has found agricultural machinery running low pressure tyres could boost farmers’ yields by four per cent. The study by Harper Adams University academics used one site at its campus in Newport as well as another site in the USA in conjunction with the University of Illinois, working with tractors fitted with low pressure Michelin tyres.
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