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John Innes Centre at Cereals 2006 |
Norwich, United Kingdom
June 13, 2006
Scientists from
the John Innes Centre
(JIC), Norwich will be at the Royal Agricultural
Society of England’s annual Cereals event being held this
year at Nocton, Lincs on 14/15 June, talking to farmers and
breeders.
Cereals 2006 is
Europe’s, premier arable event of the year. Whatever the
connection to the arable industry it provides a forum for
discussion and sharing practical advice amongst the 22,000
who attend. The UK’s arable industry is facing one of its
most challenging periods and many stands, including JICs,
are focusing on new opportunities in agriculture, with
themes and plans to support new ventures and technologies.
The JIC stand (No. 308) will be demonstrating a Sustainable
Arable Link Programme on the potential to maximize harvest
index in oil seed rape, the Wheat Genetics Improvement
Network (WGIN) at JIC and examples of other research at JIC
that provides a vital pipeline to plant breeders.
“Cereals 2006
will provide the perfect opportunity for us to talk to our
primary stakeholders” said Professor Chris Lamb, JIC
Director, who will be attending the first day of this years
show.
The JIC, Norwich, UK
is an independent, world-leading research centre in plant
and microbial sciences with over 800 staff. JIC carries out
high quality fundamental, strategic and applied research to
understand how plants and microbes work at the molecular,
cellular and genetic levels. The JIC also trains scientists
and students, collaborates with many other research
laboratories and communicates its science to end-users and
the general public. The JIC is grant-aided by the
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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