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We are hiring an #Entomologist/Molecular Entomologist to develop and lead a new research on resistance to arable #crop #pests and the viral pathogens they vector based Niab #Cambridge site. Please RT👇👇👇 niab.com/niab_job_info/…

New paper published in Crop Science 🌱: 'Genome-wide association mapping of Hagberg falling number, protein content, test weight, and grain yield in UK wheat' 🌱🍞acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… Ian Mackay David Balding

#wheat GWAS for yield, test weight, 1,000-grain weight, and protein content using historical phenotypic data from variety registration. Niab James Cockram Ian Mackay DOI: doi.org/10.1002/csc2.2…

Great to see Shellie Wall First 1st authored paper from her PhD published in New Phytologist. Congratulations to Shellie Wall, Silvere Vialet-Chabrand, James Cockram, et al - doi.org/10.1111/nph.18… well done Shellie Wall

Congratulations Shellie! 🎉 🌱

The path from genebank to deployment of adult plant resistance (APR) into new wheat cultivars Our review highlights recent advances in understanding APR genes & tech that can help speed up the utilisation of new sources of APR in genebank accessions portlandpress.com/essaysbiochem/…

A post-doc position (two years) is available in our lab at UniTrento C3A working on olive reproductive physiology and stress adaptation in the Garda lake area (Italy)! Applications are welcome until 9 November 2022! #Cliamtechange #olive #postdoc #pollen unitn.it/ateneo/bando/7…

Pangenome resource for global isolates of the necrotroohic fungus that causes #wheat tan spot, published this month in Microbial Genetics Microbiology Society lead by Paula Moolhuijzen and Caroline Moffat CCDM microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa…

The genetics of wheat flag leaf size - a locus on chr 5A in UK wheat controls longer leaves predominantly via longer epidermal cells, which comes with larger, but less dense, stomata. Published in New Phytologist congrats to Camila Zanella and all 🪴 doi.org/10.1111/nph.18…

Longer epidermal cells underlie a quantitative source of variation in wheat flag leaf size Zanella et al. Niab Science Niab James Cockram 📖ow.ly/YNyi50MnOF9

🔥NEW PAPER OUT🔥We grew a range of wheat species & ploidy at differing CO2 concentrations. Our results help understand stomatal dynamics under projected future atmospheric conditions. Tracy Lawson Silvere Vialet-Chabrand James Cockram PlantEssex BASF Agricultural Solutions academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar…

multi-trait ensemble genomic prediction models increase prediction accuracy in wheat. Congratulations Nick Fradgley Niab Science

Summer course on ‘Theory and Tools for Designing Breeding Programs of Animals and Plants’: All course materials available 👍

Root Hairs: An under-explored target for sustainable cereal crop production. osf.io/fh2u5/ Review article preprint from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research PhD student Ian Tsang 🌾

A novel root hair mutant, srh1, affects root hair elongation and reactive oxygen species levels in wheat researchsquare.com/article/rs-415… Research article Pre-print from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research PhD student iantsang779 🌱

Research manuscript published on modelling QTL-by-environment interactions in crops , led by Fred van Eeuwijk. Published in Frontiers - Plant Science 🌱 frontiersin.org/journals/plant… Niab Science

Research paper on the genetics of flowering time in the NIAB Elite MAGIC wheat population 🌱 link.springer.com/article/10.100… congratulations to all including Tobias Barber HowellP camilamantello Tally Wright Alison Bentley Niab Science

NEW PAPER: UKCropDiversity-HPC: A collaborative high-performance computing resource approach for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity conservation. Read open access paper ➡️ nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…