Horticulture

The East Malling Rootstock Breeding Club

24 March 2021

The East Malling Rootstock Breeding Club

Since the 1980s breeding of new scion and rootstock varieties at EMR has been partly funded by MAFF/Defra and partly by the industry through the East Malling Apple and Pear Breeding Club (APBC), an internationally supported organisation.

Investigating the use of Pre-Tect to prevent run-off (fruitlet abscission) after flowering

11 December 2019

Investigating the use of Pre-Tect to prevent run-off (fruitlet abscission) after flowering

Pear: The effect of soil moisture on fruit storage quality

11 December 2019

Pear: The effect of soil moisture on fruit storage quality

Brassica and lettuce Propagation: Identifying means of killing clubroot and Olpidium resting spores in trays to avoid infection of transplants

11 December 2019

Brassica and lettuce Propagation: Identifying means of killing clubroot and Olpidium resting spores in trays to avoid infection of transplants

Biobeds/ biofilters for the safe treatment of pesticide waste and washings (extension to PC/HNS 255)

11 December 2019

Biobeds/ biofilters for the safe treatment of pesticide waste and washings (extension to PC/HNS 255)

biobeds/biofilters for the safe treatment of pesticides waste and washing

11 December 2019

biobeds/biofilters for the safe treatment of pesticides waste and washing

Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: preventing outdoor container grown nursery stock plants rooting through into capillary sand beds via the use of herbicide treatments to the surface of the bed

11 December 2019

Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: preventing outdoor container grown nursery stock plants rooting through into capillary sand beds via the use of herbicide treatments to the surface of the bed

Protected lettuce: development of robust IPM strategies for the control of aphids

11 December 2019

Protected lettuce: development of robust IPM strategies for the control of aphids

New approaches to microbial control of insect pests in protected crops and their interaction with waste-based growing media (LINK)

31 May 2022

New approaches to microbial control of insect pests in protected crops and their interaction with waste-based growing media (LINK)

New approaches to microbial control of insect pests in protected crops and their interaction with waste-based growing media (LINK)

Development of improved cultivars to reduce the environmental impact of strawberry production in the United Kingdom

24 March 2021

Development of improved cultivars to reduce the environmental impact of strawberry production in the United Kingdom

The East Malling Strawberry Breeding Club (EMSBC) was established in 2008 with funding from both public and private sources, of which HDC contributed via project SF 96. The main objective of the EMSBC strawberry breeding programme is to develop improved strawberry varieties

Initial evaluation of Trichogramma brassicae parasites for control of Carnation tortrix

11 December 2019

Initial evaluation of Trichogramma brassicae parasites for control of Carnation tortrix

Protected chrysanthemum: Development of a fungicide strategy for the control of White Rust

11 December 2019

Protected chrysanthemum: Development of a fungicide strategy for the control of White Rust

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