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News from Council

How Biology Can Save the World Photo Competition 

Open Letter to David Heath, Minister of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the UK National Action Plan for the new Pesticides Directive - Toby Bruce

New Members  

InterDrought-IV 2013 Conference Advert 

Obituaries

Acrylamide, Furnas and other Food-bourne Contaminants, from Plant Science to Food Chemistry - 8-9 October 

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News from Council - Elizabeth Stockdale   

Bill and Melinda Gates foundation funding at the John Innes Centre  

Effective Application: exploring synergy between Agricultural Economics and Applied Biology - Graham Russell  

New Members

Conference reviews

What can be Achieved in the Restoration of Diverse Grasslands? And what will this habitat rehabilitation do for us? - 19-20 June 2012   

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IAPA On Tour by Simon Cooper  

Food and Energy Security Journal lauch poster 

Former AAB President Harold Gough Obituary by George McNamara   

Brian Kerry Obituary by Roland Perry

'The Vital Role of Technicians' by Mark Downs  

New Members

Conference Reports

Biomass and Bioenergy Crops IV - 21-23 September 2011

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News from Council by Elizabeth Stockdale

'Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production' Edited by Geoffrey R. Dixon and Emma L. Tilston 

New Members 

Conference Reviews 

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Letter from the President by Professor Trevor Hocking

News from Council by Elizabeth Stockdale

Ben Freer's photography

WGT Corporate Travel

Non-AAB Conferences  

Officers of Council - 2011 

AAB Forward Conference Programme

Conference reviews

Is the understanding of lant physiology relevant to the future of plant breeding? - 7 December 2010

Water and nitrogen use efficiency in plants and crops - 15-16 December 2010 

Advances in Nematology - 14 December 2010

Crop Protection in Southern Britain - 23-24 February 2011

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News from Council by Professor Trevor Hocking

Notes from the September 2010 AGM

New members

Funding from the Wellcome Trust

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

"Breeding Cassava to feed the poor"  

Non-AAB Conferences

AAB Forward Conference Programme

Front cover photograph

News from Council by Alfred Keys

Alan Bide Obituary by Jim Orson

Reminiscences of Rothamsted 1938-1941 by Dr Harold Gough 

New Members - elected 11 March 2009

Book Sale - Aspects of Applied Biology

Officers of Council 2009

AAB Forward Conference Programme 

Non-AAB Conferences

Conference reviews 

The Future of Weed Research in the UK - 19 November 2008

Applied Aspects of Aerobiology - 19 November 2008

Residue Reduction through Biocontrol - 3 December 2008 

Biomass and Energy Crops III - 10-12 December 2008

Crop Protection in Southern Britain - 10-11 February 2009 

Crop Protection in Vineyards - 2 March 2009 

The 2nd European Ramularia workshop - a new disease and challenge in barley production - 7-8 April 2009

Marketing project - We are curently working with a KITTS student, organised by Birmingham City University's "Service by Design" project.  Connie Fung is working with us on a variety of marketing projects for three months.  The outcome of this project will be outlined in a future issue of the AABNews. 

Connie will also be joining us to cover Anna John's maternity leave, which starts at the end of June 2009.