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.
Newer varieties of wheat and late foliar sprays of nitrogen have led to the average protein level for GB wheat harvested in 2016 to be at
OSR crops can be defoliated to remove the larvae with little impact on seed yield, provided the timing is right, according to research conducted in
3D printing for custom chemicals, aquaponics, sentinel plants, remote sensing, Internet of Things, prescription farming – were all identified as Game Changing Technologies in Agriculture
The Brassica Information Portal (BIP), released by TGAC, will provide a single point of access to all data from pre-breeding trait scoring experiments performed on
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered an important component in the process of nitrogen fixation in plants. They have identified a key protein
With warnings that the slug infestations are going to be particularly bad this year the AHDB has updated its advice on integrated slug control to include
A new technology called ‘MutRenSeq’ accurately pinpoints the location of disease resistance genes in large plant genomes, it has reduced the time it takes to clone
Good news for potato growers and suppliers in the East of England. Elveden Farms has been selected to become a Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm. This is
A free online tool that makes it easier for non-specialists to interpret genomic information has been developed by scientists at The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and
The February 2016 issue of AHDB crop research news covers a number of topical issues such as pest control guidance where pesticides have been withdrawn.
Multiparent Advanced Generation Intercross (MAGIC) mapping populations offer unique opportunities and challenges for marker and QTL mapping in crop species. Researchers from NIAB and the Department
Some plants can protect themselves from attack by disease by setting molecular traps. Once the disease has been detected it is lured by a ‘bait’ and then