The Rothamsted Research Association

The Rothamsted Research Association facilitates interaction and dialogue between researchers and practitioners

Rothamsted Research Association (RRA) is the member's association of Rothamsted Research (formerly the Institute of Arable Crops Research), comprising the Rothamsted and Broom's Barn sites. Research at Rothamsted started in 1843 and the Institute is renowned internationally for its scientific leadership in many areas of importance to cereals and arable farming. RRA aims to ensure that new scientific knowledge of relevance to agricultural and land-management practices is rapidly transferred in a usable form for commercial, environmental and societal benefit. Members, including farmers, land-owners, consultants, advisors, industry representatives and policy makers get a wide range of advantages.

Scientific Skills for Knowledge Transfer in Arable Agriculture in England: A Survey

Click here to download this survey carried out on behalf of the Board of Rothamsted Research Association (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Bringing you information on:

Arable farming, cereals, winter wheat, spring wheat, barley, oats, rye, linseed, oilseed rape, potatoes, sugar beet, field beans, peas, energy crops...........

• Insecticides, fungicides and herbicides
• Forecasting/control of pests, diseases & weeds
• Efficient/effective spray application systems
• Alternative crops to cereals
• Fertilisers and crop nutrition
• Cost effective farming
• Sugar beet management
• Integrated farming
• Farmland ecology
• Plant growth regulation
• Plant biotechnology
• Soil quality maintenance
• Seed development
• Decision agriculture