Arable
Restricted root growth could hinder modern wheat yields
Varietal testing, carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), has confirmed a plateau in modern...
Arable
Varietal testing, carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), has confirmed a plateau in modern...
Arable
Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials to be held on conventional farms, will soon get underway in the...
N.Ireland
Some livestock farmers in the UK have expressed an unwillingness to adopt greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation measures. This is according...
Arable
Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring beetle numbers arriving in oilseed rape fields, according...
N.Ireland
A ban on glyphosate could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the yields of some...
Arable
Azole fungicides are becoming less effective in the fight against phoma leaf spot and stem canker in crops of oilseed...
Arable
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor. Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented...
Arable
The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage...
Arable
Rothamsted Research is confirming changes to some of its long-term crop study protocols, some of which were initiated almost 200-years-ago....
N.Ireland
A number of research scientists believe that the potential of our soils to sequester carbon has been seriously overestimated. Some...
N.Ireland
Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new...
Environment
Adding crushed rocks to farm soils can accelerate carbon sequestration and boost crop productivity, according to research scientists attending this...
N.Ireland
Rothamsted Research in the UK is to avail of a £60 million funding stimulus, payable to the institute over the...
Arable
The negative impacts of climate variability on food security and farm incomes could be offset by encouraging farmers to grow...
N.Ireland
Rothamsted Research was very quick out of the blocks in welcoming the enactment of the UK’s legislation regarding gene editing,...
N.Ireland
Rothamsted Research scientists have welcomed the passing into law of new UK legislation that will free-up the use of gene-editing...
Arable
The results of Europe’s first ever field trial of a gene-edited (GE) wheat variety are now available and show signs...
N.Ireland
Converting farms from grassland to tillage would lead to regular crop failures, according to recent research. This research involved an...