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SUMMARY:Raising productivity in arable agriculture:  The roles of NIAB and
  agronomic change - Stuart Knight\, NIAB
DTSTART:20140312T160000Z
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CONTACT:Joanna Laver
DESCRIPTION:Arable agriculture in the UK faces four big challenges: raisin
 g crop yields\; sustainable production\, to minimise negative and maximise
  positive environmental impacts\; maintaining weed\, pest and disease cont
 rol and extreme weather that is making production conditions ever more unc
 ertain. This seminar will examine agronomic factors that have contributed 
 to stagnating yields of our main arable crops over the last two decades\, 
 the influence of economic\, policy and structural changes on arable farms 
 and the scope to accelerate improvement in yield potential through crop ge
 netics.\n\nStuart Knight is Director of Crops and Agronomy at NIAB. He joi
 ned in 2009 when The Arable Group (TAG) became part of NIAB\, having worke
 d in a number of operational\, research and technical roles. With over 20 
 years of experience as a research agronomist\, his current responsibilitie
 s include NIAB’s field crops / agronomy research & knowledge transfer\, 
 and regional trials delivery. Stuart’s research interests cover most asp
 ects of combinable crop husbandry\, in particular crop nutrient management
  and soil nutrient supply\, evaluation of new crop protection chemicals an
 d their integration into existing production systems\, cereal fungal disea
 se monitoring and control\, identifying and managing crop variation and th
 e role of decision support systems within crop production. \n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 7
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