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Elsoms are recruiting for a Micropropagation Specialist to join their Plant Breeding team. The successful applicant will have responsibility for the management of all aspects of the micropropagation service, including routine production of double haploid and tissue culture plants.
A new study using bumblebees has found that the sweetest nectar is not necessarily the best: too much sugar slows down the bees. The results will inform breeding efforts to make crops more attractive to pollinators, boosting yields to feed our growing global population.
Plant breeding has changed the size, shape, yield, quality and agronomy of wheat varieties and this will be illustrated by the NIAB heritage plots
“Plant breeding makes a huge difference in virtually every area of everybody’s life,” says Dr Penny Maplestone, CEO of the British Society of Plant Breeders