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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Senior Scientific Programmer, Christopher Applegate, is a member of the Plant Phenomics Group at the Earlham Institute, developing image processing, machine learning, analytics algorithms and
Daniel Reynolds is a Plant Phenomics Scientific Programmer at the Earlham Institute. He is developing and improving CropQuant, by refining the crop monitoring work station,
Dr Kate Storer, a research scientist in crop physiology at ADAS, spoke at REAP 2016 about the impact of pollen beetles on crops. Storer said
Dr Neil Brown is a plant biology and crop science researcher at Rothamsted Research, and holder of a BBRSC Future Leader Fellowship. Fungal pathogens cause
Laurie Bell, University of Cambridge Dr Laurence Bell is a Research Associate at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotech, University of Cambridge. Laurie is
PHD student at the University of Nottingham, Tamara Fitters, is working with the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO) to understand why the roots of sugar