Welcome to SIPScene - the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform's, otherwise known as SIP, first newsletter - explaining who and what SIP is and how it will benefit UK farmers. Funded by Defra, NIAB is the lead organisation for SIP's Project 1.
Cambridge’s reputation of providing world-class research and development has been strengthened, as two businesses are awarded funding of £80,318 via The Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative.
The five-day course will include:
A day on Fusarium ear blight of winter wheat, with an inoculated trial showing symptoms caused by the different pathogens, cultivar evaluation, pathogen diagnostics.
A day on regulations for mycotoxins, sampling and rapid test methods – especially those linked to Fusarium.
NIAB has awarded its Cereals Cup to the winter wheat variety Skyfall from RAGT and its Variety Cup to the perennial ryegrass Abergreen from IBERS and Germinal.
NIAB chief executive Dr Tina Barsby presented the awards to RAGT’s UK senior wheat breeder Celia Bequain and IBERS’ Director Professor Mike Gooding at the 2015 Cereals Event.
Results from NIAB TAG’s STAR project, now in its tenth year, have highlighted changes in crop performance between differing rotation and cultivation approaches in the study.
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The scientists who recently identified dramatic changes in yellow rust populations affecting wheat in the UK, have just been awarded £1.2 million to develop a new, quicker, cheaper version of their field–based diagnostic tool. This project will improve the UK’s national surveillance programme by examining hundreds more yellow rust samples annually.
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The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) is calling for the industry to monitor cereal crops and send in diseased samples for analysis.
Managed by NIAB, and funded by HGCA and Fera, the UKCPVS tracks potential shifts in UK pathogen populations, identifying areas of concern – particularly potential breakdown in varietal disease resistance.
A team of scientists from the John Innes Centre (JIC), the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have successfully transferred a receptor that recognises bacteria from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - a dicot, to wheat – a monocot. They showed that the receptor can trigger a defensive response and confers increased resistance to bacterial disease.
