Tillage
There is a growing expectation that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used to help deal with the challenge of blackgrass weed infections
Rothamsted Research scientists are confirming that the long-term application of fertilisers can help to boost soil carbon stocks
Rothamsted scientists have uncovered how a family of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant’s growth and grain development.
Disease control within crop production systems has been very much centred on the development of complex organic chemicals
An international team of scientists has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms.
A global phosphorous summit is planned for Ghana next month (September 2025) as fears grow for the sustainable use of this key plant nutrient
Enhancing individual plants’ sugar signalling ability could deliver increased wheat yields of up to 12 per cent.
Oilseed rape is regarded as a go-to break crop within Irish tillage rotations. But like many other brassicas, it can attract numerous pests.
N.Ireland
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have developed a new mathematical model for seed germination using field data.
A critical gene in pathogenic fungi could be the key to significantly improved wheat disease control measures.
The recent sequencing of the entire blackgrass genome has been hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against herbicide resistance
A ‘killer gene’ that leads to the synthesis of a protein known as ‘Knr4’ may be the key to what makes some fungal pathogens so virulent.
A new initiative has been launched to improve female representation in wheat research carried out in the United Kingdom (UK).
Tillage farmers have been strongly advised to checks crops of winter oilseed rape for signs of phoma infection.
Varietal testing, carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), has confirmed a plateau in modern wheat yields.
Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials, to be held on conventional farms, will soon get underway in the UK.
Livestock farmers in the UK have expressed a significant unwillingness to adopt greenhouse gas mitigation measures.
Beef
Cell grazing involves the very intensive ‘cleaning out’ of small areas within a field or paddock by animals,
Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring beetle numbers arriving in oilseed rape fields
A ban on glyphosate could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the yields of some crops,
Azole fungicides are becoming less effective in the fight against phoma leaf spot and stem canker in crops of oilseed rape (OSR.
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor.
The presence of cereal volunteers with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle
