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SSCR Combinable and Energy Crops Winter Meeting 6 March 2018

Industry event
6 March 2018, 1:45pm to 4pm: Free or £15
at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA
for SSCR Members, the cereal industry and interested parties
Cereals (c) James Hutton Institute

The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) Combinable and Energy Crops Sub-committee will hold its Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee. The event is open to anyone in the cereals industry and other interested parties. BASIS points will be applied for.

CPD Points

Delegates will receive 2 BASIS points on attendance.

Programme

Improving the Sustainability of Arable Cropping: results from the first rotation at the Centre for Sustainable Cropping

The Centre for Sustainable Cropping Platform is based at Balruddery Farm near Dundee, and comprises a 42 ha block of six fields, established in 2009 to integrate sustainability research in arable ecosystems. It is the first of its scale in the UK and provides an open research facility to test and demonstrate the economic, ecological and environmental trade-offs in sustainable land management. The platform provides a whole systems framework for designing and testing cropping systems to optimise yield, biodiversity and environmental health for long-term food security.

At this meeting, we will present some of the initial findings for the first crop rotation (2011-2016), comparing the integrated system directly with current conventional practice. Data on crop yield and quality, Biological Nitrogen Fixation for reducing mineral N inputs, biodiversity, soil health and the economic implications of alternative management strategies will be used to evaluate and improve on the cropping system in future rotations. For more information on the Platform, please visit the website at csc.hutton.ac.uk.

13:15     Registration opens

13:45     Introduction to the Centre for Sustainable Cropping Long-term Platform: Cathy Hawes, James Hutton Institute

13:55     Crops yield and weed responses to an integrated cropping system and implications for system functions: Cathy Hawes, James Hutton Institute

14:15     Rhizobium leguminosarum genotypes associated with high levels of Biological Nitrogen Fixation by faba bean: Euan James, James Hutton Institute

14:35    Using GC-MS based metabolite profiling to compare the effects of different management practices on the composition of cereal crops: Tom Shepherd, James Hutton Institute

14:55     Coffee, tea and cakes

15:10    Soil management for Potatoes: What does the Centre for Sustainable Cropping tell us?: Blair McKenzie, James Hutton Institute

15:30     The economics of alternative crop production systems in the context of farmer participation in carbon trading markets: Yakubu Abdul-Salam, James Hutton Institute

15:50     Refining the system for the future: Cathy Hawes, James Hutton Institute

16:00     Wrap up

Attending

Please note that this meeting is free for SSCR members but there is a £15 attendance fee for non-members. Membership of SSCR costs £15 a year and there will be the opportunity to join at the meeting. To book your place at this meeting, please contact:

Pam Cassidy
Events Co-ordinator
The James Hutton Institute
Dundee DD2 5DA
Tel: 01382 568 751
Email: events@hutton.ac.uk


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The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI. This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.