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Research fellowship awarded to train scientist in plant pathology
In partnership with the University of Warwick, HDC will fund a new five-year fellowship to train a scientist in plant pathology for the field vegetables sector.
Weed scientist gets mention in New York Times
Life Sciences weed scientist Dr Paul Neve comments on weed evolution in an article entitled 'Looking for Ways to Beat the Weeds' in the New York Times.
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire interview Crop Centre about vegetable research
On Monday 27thMay BBC Coventry and Warwickshire interviewed academics from Warwick Crop Centre to find out about the vegetable research taking place on the Wellesbourne site.
Dr Rosemary Collier, Director of Warwick Crop Centre, describes the establishment of crop research at Wellesbourne in response to post-war pressure for food production and the changes that have taken place leading to the development of the Centre as it is today.
Dr Graham Teakle, a plant geneticist, gives an insight into some of the research projects currently being undertaken to improve crop yields.
Listen to the interview on iPlayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018syq0 (The Crop Centre item is 1hr 22 mins into the programme).