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Cereal Nutrition

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to cereal nutrition.

Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also will be attached the latest information in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.

RD-2004-3084 Optimising fertiliser nitrogen levels for modern cereal crops.
To provide evidence of the extent to which optimum amounts of fertiliser N for new, high-yielding varieties of winter wheat and spring barley differ from those for the lower yielding varieties used in the 1980s to develop national fertiliser recommendations (e.g. in RB209).

RD-2005-3167 Development and evaluation of low-phytate wheat germplasm to reduce diffuse phosphate pollution from pig and poultry production units (SAPPIO00311) [LINK 0973a]
The purpose of this project is to reduce diffuse phosphate pollution through the production of new improved wheat lines.

RD-2006-3285 Detecting soil nitrogen supplies by canopy sensing - proof of concept
Now published as Project Report No: PR427

RD-2006-3291 Improving cereal production by adjusting plant growth regulator inputs and the timings of nitrogen applications based on measurements of crop canopy characteristics
To examine strategies for adjusting the application of plant growth regulators and the timings and splits of nitrogen fertiliser applications based on information collected using boom mounted sensors. These strategies will aim at minimising the risk of lodging whilst also minimising growth regulator use.

RD-2007-3375 Soil and grain nitrogen analysis to provide up to date Scottish data to aid revision of N fertiliser guidelines
The project aims to generate contemporary data on effects of nitrogen input on crop yield, grain nitrogen and soil N reserves, to aid revision of Scottish NVZ guidelines.

RD-2006-3287 Better estimation of the efficiency of use of soil nitrogen
To improve estimation of the availability to crops of soil nitrogen and identify management practices that will help to optimise its efficiency of use.

RD-2007-3425 Establishing Best Practice for Predicting Soil Nitrogen Supply (SNS)
The project aims to achieve consensus across the industry on best practice for estimation of soil N supply

RD-2007-3436 Using grain N% as a signature for good nitrogen use
To assess how grain N analysis can best support optimum nitrogen use, and GHG accreditation, in UK cereal and oilseed production.

RD2008-3189 Cost-effective sampling strategies for soil management
The overall aim of this project is to develop a rational strategy for practical field sampling for nutrient content of soils, to ensure that inputs meet crop requirements and that significant areas of excess or inadequate nutrients do not emerge.

Please click here to see publications that have recently arisen out of finished projects.