Catherine Harries
@CatherineHar4
Senior crop disease scientist @AHDB_Cereals. Mummy. Smallholder. All views my own.
🔬Passionate about molecular biology & plant pathogens? We're recruiting a Molecular Plant Pathologist (Senior Technician) at Niab, Cambridge! Permanent position to help us unravel how🌾wheat pathogens evolve, and protect crops. Apply by 6 Nov 2024 niab.com/niab_job_info/…
Despite higher than normal disease levels, there do not seem to have been dramatic changes to the susceptibility of varieties on the winter wheat Recommended List ahdb.org.uk/news/disease-d… #RLtrials #IPM @AHDB_Cereals
NEWS - MARPLE diagnostics – monitoring recent shifts in wheat stem rust in Nepal Recent discovery of the Ug99 wheat stem rust strain in Nepal has emphasised the need for vigilance to protect Nepal’s third most important food crop. okt.to/PLmX01 @Saunders_Lab @CIMMYT
Ever so gentle reminder that if you’ve had a bad ergot year (s), the time to think about preventing it for harvest 2025 is NOW, not when you’re combining next August •Hygiene •Cultivations •Grass margins •Weed management Do what you can now, before the colour sorter arrives!
We should all have access to: ✅ diverse ☑️ nutritious ✅ affordable ☑️ safe foods ... to grow, be healthy & live an active life. Here are 5⃣ actions we can all take to help create a food-secure & sustainable future for all. #WorldFoodDay #RightToFood
The latest results from @AHDB_Cereals funded CSFB monitoring are in! The highest recorded cumulative number is still at the Suffolk site but the Kent and Yorkshire sites are slowly catching up. For regular updates visit ahdb.org.uk/csfb
We have another year of Recommended Lists verticillium data 🌱🦠 #RLtrials #IPM @AHDB_Cereals Verticillium stem stripe: Reinforced resistance results released | AHDB ahdb.org.uk/news/verticill….
Who would like to do my job whilst I’m on maternity leave? 👀 🌾 🦠 👀 Senior Crop Protection Scientist (Cereals & Oilseeds) | AHDB careers.ahdb.org.uk/vacancy/senior…
Ergot increasing in wheat and blackgrass #ergot #wheatbreeding @AHDB_Cereals @_seedinnovation @uk_flour
Brown rust samples needed for wheat variety research - Farmers Weekly fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-ma…
Collaboration is key in cereal pathogen race | AHDB @AHDB_Cereals ahdb.org.uk/news/collabora…
Really useful day talking to farmers about priority cereal and oilseed pests, weeds, and diseases to guide our #IPM research @AHDB_Cereals DM me if you would like a say too!
