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The Agri-TechE Research Digest features a round-up of key agri-research findings ranging from discovery science, through to applied, translation and field scale trials results.

The search or tags can be used to find subject specific information for example: overcoming resistance, plant science, pest management, pollinators, soils. Also crop specific research such as  wheat , peas & beans.

Biological 'lure and kill' system for bean weevils shows promise

Biological ‘lure and kill’ system for bean weevils shows promise

A biological control system for beetle pests of peas and beans would reduce the need for blanket insecticide application and help to reduce the issues with resistance.

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28/07/2017
Engineered wheat contains double the iron

Engineered wheat contains double the iron

Problems of iron deficiency could be alleviated with white flour made from the engineered wheat contains twice the typical amount of iron; something that cannot

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28/07/2017
Plants use chemical defence against peach potato aphid

Plants use chemical defence against peach potato aphid

When attacked by aphids crop plants defend themselves by releasing more calcium to help repair the damaged cells. Professor Dale Sanders of John Innes Centre, one

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28/07/2017
Polymarker

PolyMarker tools to help breeders access new research

A major hurdle to the uptake of research into new wheat varieties is that breeders do not have the specialist bioinformatics training required to utilise the latest

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24/06/2017
Caterpillar eats plastic bags

Caterpillar eats plastic bags

A common insect larva that eats beeswax has been found to break down chemical bonds in the plastic used for packaging and shopping bags at

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24/06/2017
New protein vital to signalling between plants and fungi found

New protein vital to signalling between plants and fungi found

A plant protein vital to chemical signalling between plants and fungi has been discovered, revealing more about the communication processes underlying symbiosis – the mutually

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24/06/2017
Wheat roots respond to blackgrass

Wheat roots respond to blackgrass

Wheat plants respond to the presence of neighbours, including blackgrass, by changing the length of their roots, according to authors Stéphanie Swarbreck and Julia Davies. Blackgrass

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24/06/2017
New wheat genome sequence is the most accurate yet

New wheat genome sequence is the most accurate yet

The wheat genome contains 17 billion bases – that’s five times the size of the human genome which has made it more difficult to sequence.

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26/04/2017
Bee friendly oil seed rape research

Bee friendly oilseed rape

Insect pollination is important for oilseed rape but some varieties provide an inferior source of nectar.  Scientists researching the issue have found that the breeding system

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26/04/2017

A yellow rust turns blue with new naming system

Extreme diversity in the wheat yellow rust population has led to the introduction of a new naming system for races discovered in the UK. For

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24/04/2017
Biostimulants will be tested on Monitor Farms for several combinable crops, including wheat, barley and oilseed rape

Biostimulants tryout on Monitor Farms

An AHDB review, completed in 2016, found evidence of a significant increase in yield in at least one experiment for nine of the 11 biostimulant

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06/04/2017

Bale logistics in accordance with CTF

Jonathan Gill, a Mechatronics Teaching Assistant at Harper Adams University, has been working on TSB funded research with Big Bale Co. The project is developing

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13/12/2016
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