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UK Vegetable Genebank celebrates 40 year anniversary today

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB), part of Warwick Crop Centre on the University of Warwick’s Wellesbourne Campus, celebrates its 40th anniversary today (Thursday October 8 2020).

Thu 08 Oct 2020, 11:26 | Tags: Food, agriculture, School of Life Sciences, Biology, Event, seeds, UKVGB, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, Sciences

UK Vegetable Genebank celebrates 40 years

The UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB), part of Warwick Crop Centre on the University of Warwick’s Wellesbourne Campus, celebrates its 40th anniversary next week.

Thu 01 Oct 2020, 14:59 | Tags: Plants, University of Warwick, Food, Community and region, climate change, agriculture, UK, School of Life Sciences, Biology, Event, Life Sciences, crop centre, seeds, plant breeding, crops, UKVGB, Wellesbourne, STEM, genome, Sciences, Horticulture and Agriculture

Arctic's Global Seed Vault to receive 1000 types of seeds from Warwick's Vegetable Genebank

Just under 1000 seed samples from different crop species including kale, carrots and cauliflower are to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 25th February 2020, from the UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of Warwick Wellesbourne campus.

Tue 25 Feb 2020, 12:10 | Tags: crop centre, DEFRA, crops, UKVGB, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Wellesbourne

Seventy years of crop research at Warwick’s Wellesbourne campus celebrated at industry event

Over 100 scientists, industry experts and employees past and present attended an event held at Warwick Crop Centre to celebrate 70 years of research at the site.

Wed 18 Dec 2019, 17:33 | Tags: Plants, Food, Biology, Event, Environment, crop centre, seeds, crops, UKVGB, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, Sciences, Horticulture and Agriculture

Arctic's Global Seed Vault to receive 101 samples from Warwick's Vegetable Genebank

101 seed samples from 18 different types of crop species including onions, carrots and cauliflower are to be deposited at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Arctic Norway on the 31st October 2018, from the UK Vegetable Genebank (UKVGB) at the University of Warwick.

Tue 30 Oct 2018, 09:33 | Tags: Life Sciences, crop centre, seeds, crops, UKVGB, Svalbard, Svalbard Global Seed Vault