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Wheat growers can now check and improve their disease identification skills in the field, in the office, in the tractor or at home, with a free online training course from NIAB TAG’s new training platform ARTIS.

The ‘Wheat Disease Identification’ course, available at www.artistraining.com, asks users to identify symptoms for over 20 key diseases of wheat through a series of interactive image-led quizzes. Split over two levels it includes useful diagnostic information allowing users to fine-tune and further develop their skills.

NIAB’s UK superwheat research could soon be helping improve the heat tolerance of wheat crops in India.

Researchers from NIAB, India’s Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) are collaborating on a £1 million project, codenamed SHWheat, to combine NIAB’s expertise in wheat pre-breeding technologies with research strengths in India.

Growers should not be alarmed by active yellow rust in early sown wheat advises a leading cereal pathologist.

NIAB has welcomed today’s (21 October) publication of an independent report on the economic impact of the loss of plant protection products (PPPs) on UK agriculture, and warns of potential further losses of active ingredients in the future.

The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published the 2015 Forage Maize for Anaerobic Digestion Descriptive List, aimed at biogas producers growing and using the crop as a feedstock.

ARTIS 2014/15 Training Course Guide

The BSPB 2015 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists are available to download from the BSPB website and the NIAB website.

Eight new first-choice varieties have been added to the BSPB 2015 Forage Maize Descriptive List.

Linda Maile has been appointed Chief Officer of the Official Seed Testing Station for England and Wales.

Currently Head of OSTS Seed Testing Laboratories based at NIAB Cambridge, Miss Maile takes over from Jane Taylor, who is stepping down after seven year’s service at the helm of the OSTS.