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Plant Science into Practice
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@NIABTAG: What's on at NIAB Cambridge Open Day next Tuesday, 27 June. RSVP today: https://t.co/cEfF0XJZKq. Please share https://t.co/z4x2YvgZiK
@NIABTAG: Last chance to register for NIAB Cambridge Open Day, 27 June. RSVP: https://t.co/cEfF0XJZKq Lots to see & over 120… https://t.co/vFBZgIYz94
@NIABTAG: Yellow rust & brome featured in @EDP24 & @ChrisHill75 coverage of our Morley Open Day y'day https://t.co/jto9iLsec4… https://t.co/nWkckFkl8Q
@NIABTAG: Advice on current and new wheat varieties with @ClareLNIABTAG & @IanMidgley at Morley https://t.co/zWK4Wvx05a
@NIABTAG: Eastern Daily Press @chrishill75 talking #brome & #blackgrass at #niabtag Morley Open Day with Stephen Moss https://t.co/wz3Jw64Zsc
@NIABTAG: A brome masterclass at the Morley Open Day with @niabjohn https://t.co/KxXopP4aIy
@NIABTAG: Dodging the thunderstorms at Morley! Check out #soilmyundies with Nathan - last tour at 1.30! https://t.co/hidK2hWiEm
@NIABTAG: Good morning Norfolk! The coffee is on, the plots are ready - see you at Morley @AHDB_Cereals @OpenfieldTM… https://t.co/FIeLTcQylM
@NIABTAG: CROFT Open Day, 29 June, 10-3, DL2 2TF. Free for all but registration essential https://t.co/Hjiv2WFQG5 https://t.co/l8YnnhcXpc
@NIABTAG: Our exhibitors: @entomics @AponicUK @KisanHub @AzoticTech @HummingbirdUAV @outfield_xyz @sflagridata @JATole… https://t.co/2zx2pzWraA
@NIABTAG: Congrats to Team Sutton Scotney for a hot but busy and successful Open Day. Now onto Kent @hannahparish1 &… https://t.co/4KGxHaFyPt
@NIABTAG: EVENT: NIAB AgriTech showcase 27/06, Cambs. Meet new & emerging businesses at the forefront of agri-tech innovation… https://t.co/lFMBFeO4q1
@NIABTAG: Richard Overthrow discusses milling wheat varieties at Sutton Scotney https://t.co/h3vI4QMEsS
@NIABTAG: Steve Cook on spring barley varieties at Sutton Scotney https://t.co/RHwqu4RHzQ

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Orson's Oracle

Jim Orson

Is plant resistance a free lunch?
16/06/2017 by Jim Orson

" There is often a perception that plant resistance to pests or diseases is a bit of a free lunch. Instead of paying for a pesticide the plant will look after itself. In general, this is not true. The presence of resistance genes can result in a yield drag either in the absence of ... "

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