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Visit us at All Energy 2013
Come along to the free All Energy exhbition and conference from 22-23 May at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre to find out more about the work of the James Hutton Institute, Macaulay Scientific Consulting and Mylnefield Research Services.
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Discover how plants can warn of aphid attack
A new study by researchers from the James Hutton Institute, University of Aberdeen and Rothamsted Research reveals that plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack.
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New hybrid grass could reduce flooding
A new hybrid grass species developed by a collaboration of plant scientists from across the UK, including the James Hutton Institute, could help reduce the likelihood of flooding.
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Improving the quality of Europe's drinking water
The James Hutton Institute is taking part in a €9 million EU-funded research project to improve the safety of European drinking water.
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About Us
The James Hutton Institute is an international research centre based in Scotland. The work we do is right at the top of the global agenda and involves tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems including the impact of climate change and threats to food and water security.
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Delivering Sustainable Production Systems
Our strong environmental, crop, livestock, modelling and socioeconomic expertise gives us the rare ability to get a holistic understanding of agricultural systems.
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Controlling Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Weeds, pests and diseases cause major reductions in crop yields if uncontrolled; climate change and increased global trade have increased the risks of introducing new pathogens, drastically changing landscapes.
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Enhancing Crop Productivity and Utilisation
Population growth and demands on land, coupled with the impacts of changing climates, have increased the need for a second “green revolution” to improve yield and yield stability.
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Managing Catchments and Coasts
Developing resilience in response to altered hydrological cycles along with improved resource efficiency and linking water and energy cycles are key to meeting the future challenges of a global change.
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Nurturing Vibrant and Low Carbon Communities
The challenge is to deliver knowledge and ideas to empower communities to deliver transformative change to address the major geographical differences in wealth and wellbeing across rural areas of the world.
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Realising Land’s Potential
In Scotland, multifunctional delivery of the suite of ecosystem services must be grounded in thorough knowledge of land’s potential.
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Safeguarding Natural Capital
Protecting biodiversity within reserves and designated areas will not meet the challenge of stemming biodiversity loss. New ways of integrating biodiversity conservation within production landscapes are required.
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Cell and Molecular Sciences
Cell and Molecular Sciences comprises more than 100 plant scientists with research specialisms in cell and molecular biology, genomics, genetics, pathology and physiology.
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Ecological Sciences
We are an innovative, multidisciplinary group of scientists who study the interactions between soil, plants, animals, humans and the environment with the aim of sustainable management of natural resources.
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Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
This group brings together people with expertise covering a range of scientific disciplines and applications and it is where much of the Institute’s biophysical analysis capabilities are based.
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Information and Computational Sciences
This Group brings together an exceptional combination of scientific skills and expertise. This ranges from genome scale bioinformatics to the modeling of edaphic or climate information on a geographical scale.
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Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences
The Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences group contains a range of researchers, using a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods and often taking interdisciplinary and/or participatory perspectives.
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REDD-ALERT is an FP7 EU project led by The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen and involving 12 partner institutions from EU and tropical countries, linking with the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins.
