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Organic projects and reports

Current R&D projects with relevance to organic growers

3204 HGCA Recommended Lists 2005 -2008
3137 Managing uncropped land in order to enhance biodiversity benefits of the arable farmed landscape (LK0971)
3169  Rapid Analysis of manure and organic recyclables for sustainable agriculture (LK)
2957 The incorporation of important traits underlying sustainable development of the oat crop through combining 'conventional' phenotypic selection with molecular marker technologies (OATLINK; LK0954)
2976  Identification of genetic markers for lodging resistance in wheat LK0958
2992 Towards a sustainable whole-farm approach to the control of Ergot (LK0962)
3121 Assessment of wheat blossom midge risk and exploitation of resistant and tolerant varieties (LK0969)
2726 Reduced fusarium ear blight and mycotoxins in UK wheat through improved resistance (REFAM, LK0932)
2956 Improved Resistance to Septoria in Superior Varieties (IMPRESSIV; LK)
3336  Dormancy in grass weeds
3378 Utilising adaptive winter wheat populations for increased economic and environmental returns (SA445)
3079 Biopesticides for the control of storage insect pests (LK0967)
3149 GrainPlan (producing & updating software Versions 1-3; originally from 'National grain sampling and analysis system for improved food marketing and safety' project)
3108 Fusarium infection and mycotoxin production on oats (PhD)
3288 Improving risk assessment to minimise fusarium mycotoxins in harvested wheat grain
3191 The impact of nutrition on the gluten composition and processing quality of wheat (PhD)
3100 Monitoring the wholesomeness of UK grain
3022 Better Organic Bread Integrating Raw Material and Process Requirements for Organic Bread Production

Final Project Reports and Research Reviews with relevance to organic growers

RR45 Current practices and future prospects for organic cereal production: survey and literature review (2001)
PR304 Production of organic wheat: Trials on varieties, seed rate, weed control and the use of permitted products
PR307 Organic conversion strategies for stockless farming
PR389 Investigating the long-term impact of stockless organic conversion strategies (2006)
PR416 The SAFFIE Project Report (Sustainable Arable Farming For an Improved Environment)
PR356 Managing biodiversity in field margins to enhance integrated pest control in arable crops (3-D Farming Project)
PR370 Cost-effective weed control in cereals using vision guided inter-row hoeing and band spraying systems
PR381 Improving crop profitability by using minimum cultivation and exploiting grass weed ecology
PR414 Influence of green manuring in wheat rotations under different cultivation systems
PR422 Effects of compost on yields of winter wheat and barley, sugar beet, onion and swede in the fourth and fifth years of a rotation
PR413 Investigation of Fusarium mycotoxins in UK wheat production
PR415 Investigation of Fusarium mycotoxins in UK barley and oat production
PR336 Novel strategies for aphid control using naturally occurring fungi
PR363 Integrated control of wheat blossom midge: Variety choice, use of pheromone traps and treatment thresholds
RR64 Importance of arthropod pests and their natural enemies in relation to recent farming practice changes in the UK
PR388 Development and validation of 'weed management support system' (weed manager)
PR269 Optimising the performance of vertical aeration systems (2002)
PR345 Disinfestation of grain using hot-air dryers: Killing hidden infestations of grain weevils without damaging germination
(2004)
PR341 The potential use of insect-specific fungi to control grain storage pests in empty grain stores
PR344 Efficacy of diatomaceous earths, applied as structural treatments, against stored product insects and mites
   

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