Edward Dickin
@edwarddickin.bsky.social
amateur plant breeder #nakedbarley population wheat #intercropping robot strip cropping
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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
#plantsciences #plantscijobs
Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
#plantsciences #plantscijobs
John Innes Centre
jobs.jic.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
#plantsciences #plantscijobs
Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
#plantsciences #plantscijobs
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📢 Big news! ORC joins ADAS! 🌳 #Agroforestryshow, grain changers, training, advice, events and more! #Organicdelivers Our September E-Bulletin is out! #Organicfarming @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social #UKGrainLab mailchi.mp/organicresea...
September 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📢 Big news! ORC joins ADAS! 🌳 #Agroforestryshow, grain changers, training, advice, events and more! #Organicdelivers Our September E-Bulletin is out! #Organicfarming @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social #UKGrainLab mailchi.mp/organicresea...
Wakelyns YQ and Champion ( a great modern variety but sadly broken against a new yellow rust strain this year)
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wakelyns YQ and Champion ( a great modern variety but sadly broken against a new yellow rust strain this year)
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Pesticides are under pressure – from rising costs, regulations, and resistance.
Now a long-trusted method is getting new attention: working with nature.
A closer look at how it’s helping UK orchards during the @nffn.bsky.social Nature-Friendly Farming Week:
Now a long-trusted method is getting new attention: working with nature.
A closer look at how it’s helping UK orchards during the @nffn.bsky.social Nature-Friendly Farming Week:
The flower fix: how nature could slash farm costs
Planting wildflowers between apple trees could save UK farmers up to £3,000 per hectare per year
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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A greener world & excellent career prospects
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025
For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#barley #research
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025
For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#barley #research
May 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A greener world & excellent career prospects
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025
For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#barley #research
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025
For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#barley #research
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It is my pleasure to announce that applications are now open for our FREE five-day (30th June-4th July2025 ) @royentsoc.bsky.social #entomology PhD/ECR summer school funded by NERC. Application deadline is 8th May.
www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/shor...
www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/shor...
April 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It is my pleasure to announce that applications are now open for our FREE five-day (30th June-4th July2025 ) @royentsoc.bsky.social #entomology PhD/ECR summer school funded by NERC. Application deadline is 8th May.
www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/shor...
www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Wheat meristem dissection with BSc 2 ag with crops @harperadamsuni.bsky.social Always an enjoyable class.
March 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Wheat meristem dissection with BSc 2 ag with crops @harperadamsuni.bsky.social Always an enjoyable class.
Naked barley (my Oak Ruby variety), beans and boats (beans & oats intercrop) strips being drilled autonomously Hands Free Hectare in the robot strip intercropping trial @harperadamsuni.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Naked barley (my Oak Ruby variety), beans and boats (beans & oats intercrop) strips being drilled autonomously Hands Free Hectare in the robot strip intercropping trial @harperadamsuni.bsky.social
Took a few photos on the way to work this morning. Old Fuji S5
March 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Took a few photos on the way to work this morning. Old Fuji S5
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"There’s another insect with the potential to tell us about the 1930s and about the ongoing process of reconciling the prairie environment and large-scale agriculture – the wheat stem sawfly." - @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/04/09/s...
#envhist #aghist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2020/04/09/s...
#envhist #aghist #cdnhist
Strip Farming and the Wheat Stem Sawfly on the Canadian Prairies, 1930s-1940s
Dust and grasshoppers dominated 1930s prairie agriculture, but wheat stem sawflies also impacted farming, complicating soil conservation and pest control efforts.
niche-canada.org
March 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"There’s another insect with the potential to tell us about the 1930s and about the ongoing process of reconciling the prairie environment and large-scale agriculture – the wheat stem sawfly." - @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/04/09/s...
#envhist #aghist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2020/04/09/s...
#envhist #aghist #cdnhist
Walk to work this morning- open day
March 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Walk to work this morning- open day
Winter walk earlier this week
February 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Winter walk earlier this week
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⚠️ First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass confirmed in the UK 🌿
ADAS scientists
@weedwiseuk
have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️
adas.co.uk/news/first-c...
ADAS scientists
@weedwiseuk
have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️
adas.co.uk/news/first-c...
First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass found in UK | ADAS
ADAS has identified a single population of Italian ryegrass resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate – the UK's first documented case.
adas.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
⚠️ First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass confirmed in the UK 🌿
ADAS scientists
@weedwiseuk
have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️
adas.co.uk/news/first-c...
ADAS scientists
@weedwiseuk
have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️
adas.co.uk/news/first-c...
Frosty walk to work
January 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Frosty walk to work
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I'm delighted to be a co-supervisor on three PhD studentships that are currently open for applications as part of the BBSRC FoodBioSystems DTP research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
PhD Opportunities - FoodBioSystems
Four-year funded PhD projects are available in areas that span the food chain from farm to fork. Closing date: 3 February 2024 (10:00 GMT)
research.reading.ac.uk
December 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I'm delighted to be a co-supervisor on three PhD studentships that are currently open for applications as part of the BBSRC FoodBioSystems DTP research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...
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PhD studentship to work on earthworm responses to drought in the context of climate change supervised by my wonderful PhD supervisor @markehodson.bsky.social and there is also an opportunity to join a webinar about the project on Tuesday 3rd December www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA programme: If it gets too dry do earthworms die? Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: If it gets too dry do earthworms die? Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:24 PM
PhD studentship to work on earthworm responses to drought in the context of climate change supervised by my wonderful PhD supervisor @markehodson.bsky.social and there is also an opportunity to join a webinar about the project on Tuesday 3rd December www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Winter sky this morning
November 22, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Winter sky this morning
Walk to work this morning.
November 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Walk to work this morning.
Walk into work this morning
November 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Walk into work this morning
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"Unlock Nature's Potential" Join @drjohnphreade.bsky.social, @ipmtom.bsky.social, @randybenjamin.bsky.social and me for a funded #PhD at HAU!
Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.
More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly
Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.
More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly
October 30, 2023 at 5:47 PM
"Unlock Nature's Potential" Join @drjohnphreade.bsky.social, @ipmtom.bsky.social, @randybenjamin.bsky.social and me for a funded #PhD at HAU!
Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.
More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly
Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.
More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly
Autonomous drilling of the strip #intercropping 24 October
November 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Autonomous drilling of the strip #intercropping 24 October
Giving this place a try. Will be posting usual stuff about crops and science.
November 18, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Giving this place a try. Will be posting usual stuff about crops and science.