World Pulses Day: We should get our fingers on pulses
11 February 2022, UK: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has designated 10th February as World Pulses Day to recognise
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Rural affairs secretary sees vision of climate-positive, futuristic farming
“It is great to get a chance to see some of the innovative work happening right here in Scotland. As
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Hutton expertise contributes to parliamentary session on Scotland’s Good Food Nation Bill
05 February 2022, UK: Dr Mike Rivington, a senior scientist within the James Hutton Institute’s Information and Computational Sciences department, has
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UK’s first measurements of nitrogen added by legumes to a crop production system
29 January 2022, UK: The potential of grain legume crops such as faba beans to harness the nitrogen present in
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CPNB 2022: spotlight on agriculture, environment, combinable crops and potatoes
22 January 2022, UK: The Crop Production in Northern Britain Conference, the foremost summit discussing environmental management and crop production in
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Research on impact of COVID-19 on food practices
14 January 2022, UK: The James Hutton Institute and Robert Gordon University (RGU) are carrying out research on how COVID-19
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Blue light inhibits immune response of potato to late blight disease
13 January 2022, UK: Daylight is made from a spectrum of wavelengths and plants possess receptors that can detect red and blue
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Rethink our relationship with nature to avoid worst of climate change and pandemics
03 January 2022, UK: Society needs to re-think its relationship with the natural world if we are to avoid the
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Assessing durability of potato breeding lines against PCN threat
24 December 2021, UK: Researchers at the James Hutton Institute and James Hutton Limited are exploring ways to reduce the losses
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Five new climate and disease resilient potato varieties approved for release in Malawi
24 December 2021, Malawi: Five climate and disease resilient potato varieties developed by the James Hutton Institute-led Quikgro research project
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