"Agronomic Intelligence: The basis for profitable production"
Focusing on the successful establishment and management of cereals and oilseeds and on meeting market needs
HGCA R&D Conference
15 and 16 January 2002
These papers can be downloaded in pdf format.
Contents
Paper 1 - 1.1-1.3
(120kb)
Scene-setting overview
Alan Bide - Hampshire Arable Systems
Paper 2 - 2.1-2.12
(284kb)
Contribution of precision farming to crop establishment
Paul Miller - HGCA fellow and SRI
Paper 3 - 3.1-3.13
(317kb)
Sowing date and seed rate in wheat and oilseed rape
John Spink - ADAS
Paper 4 - 4.1-4.11
(228kb)
Control of seed and soil-borne diseases: importance of seed health
Valerie Cockerell - SASA
Paper 5 - 5.1-5.2
(106kb)
Scene-setting overview
David Parish - ADAS agronomist
Paper 6 - 6.1-6.14
(234kb)
'Balancing' root and canopy growth
Ian Bingham - HGCA fellow and SAC
Paper 7 - 7.1-7.12
(305kb)
Lodging control through variety choice and management
Pete Berry - University of Nottingham
Paper 8 - 8.1-8.17
(255kb)
Management strategies for high yields of cereals and oilseed rape
Roger Sylvester-Bradley - ADAS
Paper 9 - 9.1-9.10
(219kb)
Improving and exploiting 'self defence' against wheat diseases
Neil Paveley - ADAS
Paper 10 - 10.1-10.3
(115kb)
Scene-setting overview on new system for HGCA Recommended Lists
Ben Miflin - Chairman - Crop Evaluation Ltd
Paper 11 - 11.1-11.10
(192kb)
Investigating the genetics of protein quantity and grain texture in UK winter wheats
John Snape - HGCA fellow and JIC
Paper 12 - 12.1-12.12
(214kb)
Crop quality effects of nitrogen and sulphur
Steve McGrath - IACR Rothamsted
Paper 13 - 13.1-13.5
(126kb)
Forecasting wheat quality and the breadmaking premium
Peter Kettlewell - Harper Adams University College
Paper 14 - 14.1-14.6
(208kb)
Managing the grain markets
Alastair Dickie - Crop Marketing - HGCA
Paper 15 - 15.1-15.22
(560kb)
Summaries of poster demonstrations
Award-winning young farmer at HGCA conference
On-farm management of nitrogen for milling wheat will be tackled by award-winning young farmer James Price at this year's HGCA/nabim Milling Wheat Conference on 25 February.