The programme for this conference will be open to any topics or areas within basic or applied plant virology and will include all current areas of interest to Plant Virologists, and will consist of presentations by invited speakers as well as offered papers by conference delegates. We welcome submissions from established researchers, post-docs and students. […]
The concept of a “microbiome” is increasingly well-embedded in our scientific understanding, not just of soil communities, but also in other areas such as medicine. Driven forward by community-level genetic techniques, a deeper knowledge of microbial communities is shaping our understanding of how interventions affect the balance of organisms in a system, and is revealing […]
The Association of Applied Biologists will hold their AGM on the 26th September 2018 at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts. The meeting will begin at 12:30PM.
Soil functions and agricultural productivity are closely linked. The application of soil improving techniques is crucial to maintain soil functions, long-term productivity and the broad range ecosystem services provided by soils. These techniques include tillage, crop diversity, crop management, cover crops and the use of organic amendments. The effectiveness of soil management practices will vary […]
Dose expression for “3D” crops represents one of the most controversial aspects linked with a proper and optimised use of pesticides. Researchers, regulatory bodies and private companies have been working in the last years in order to find a reasonable, logical, objective and harmonized method to express the amount of pesticide to be applied in […]