The AHDB Cereals #phoma forecast was released today. It looks to be an early year with many locations already predicted to have 10% plants with phoma leaf spotting

**ANNOUNCEMENT** We are delighted to announce that from 1st Oct 2023 CONNECTED will be jointly hosted by the IITA and the ILRI.org. See news item linked below. Please bear with any delays during the transfer process 🙏 connectedvirus.net/new-hosts-for-…

CTP PhD positions now available in crop genetics, agronomy, pathology, biochemistry, entomology & data science. Watch our video youtu.be/hIw3kLiSOHk & check out current projects ctp-sai.org/projects-for-2… with a 7 Jan deadline. Good luck! #agriculture #training #cropscience

Looking to do a #PhD? Interested in #PlantVirology and #Horticulture? Look no further, full details: shorturl.at/DEHJ8 Starting in Jan 2025, at Niab, Cambridge, in collaboration with Life Sciences and G's Fresh Wholesale Please RT

One week until the 2024 #UKCPVS Annual Stakeholder’s Meeting – Tuesday 16th January, 9:30-13:30, Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB Park Farm, Cambridge. It’s not too late to register - visit the event page for more information and registration shorturl.at/agkMT AHDB Cereals

We are back! Our first #UKCPVS in-person meeting since 2020. Amelia Hubbard from Niab taking us through the 2023 results. For those unable to make the meeting in person, keep an eye out on the AHDB Cereals website for the recording.

Lesley Boyd from Niab summarising the outputs of the #Yellowhammer project understanding sources of resistance to #YellowRust and deployment of markers for breeding. #UKCPVS Stakeholder’s Meeting 2024 AHDB Cereals

.Todd Jex presenting an agronomists point of view and considerations in disease management on farm and usefulness of the UKCPVS project. #UKCPVS Stakeholder’s Meeting 2024 AHDB Cereals

Steven Steven Kildea giving the Irish perspective on monitoring #Septoria and the challenges that poses. #UKCPVS Stakeholder’s Meeting 2024 AHDB Cereals

#NIAB CEO Mario Caccamo and SRUC Chief Executive Wayne Powell open the Professor Ian Mackay seminar - a celebration of our former colleague's life and work in science.

Important note to everyone providing #wheat #yellowrust #brownrust samples for the UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey #UKCPVS: please only use FREEPOST UKCPVS on the front of the envelope and do not include Niab postal address. This ensures your samples reach us quickly!

🥸Which oomycetes are behind root rot of raspberry in the UK? This #OpenAccess paper has the answers... bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Is there more to raspberry root rot than just P. rubi? We report our findings in the latest publication from my CTP-FCR PhD. Thanks to my co-authors Charlotte Nellist, Felicidad Fernández, Simon Edwards #GregDeakin and the growers & agronomists who helped in adding to our knowledge on the disease.

Some take home messages from a standing room only #UKCPVS meeting today Niab. All the slides and the 2024 report will be up on the AHDB Cereals website v. soon 🌾🦠 #CerealRusts #Mildews ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-libr…

🆕 #blog: #Niab's Kostya Kanyuka explains about some unusual yellow rust activity, including what we are seeing so far this year and what it might mean ➡️ ow.ly/zVvK50VFzM3

Great day at Niab Cambridge today to see official seed testing and field trials for new crop varieties Defra UK APHA

We're set up and ready you today Cereals Event. Visit stand 1124 and talk to us about agronomy, varieties, fungicide management and much, much, more! And don't forget the famous soil hole!

Yesterday @cerealsevent we awarded the 2025 Niab Variety Cup to the winter oat Mascani, honouring the variety’s longevity, dominance and success over 21 years in the UK marketplace ➡️ ow.ly/39tx50W8Wwr @senovaltd IBERS - Aber

The room is full and the energy is high as #ICRPMC2025 gets underway! Great to see so many friends, collaborators, and new faces gathered to advance global wheat science and food security. #BGRI 17th Intl Cereal Rusts & Powdery Mildew Conference