Written by: Dion Garrett – My experiences of working with an industry partner and taking advantage of the opportunities they have to offer As part of the Waitrose Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP), I am in a unique situation to gain insight into how a business operates and how research directly feeds into it. Now in my […]
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Rothamsted Reseach held their RRES symposium (online) between 22 – 26 February 2021, with award successes for a number of Rothamsted’s WCTP students: Final Year Awards: Out of 23 final year talks first prize went to … Hannah McGrath – “Bespoke flowering strips for pest control in carrots” Accessibility Award: (voted by non-scientific judges) was […]
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… and we should take advantage of that. Written by: Lucy Crowther. In recent decades, our agricultural system has grown increasingly reliant on chemicals for the control of insect crop pests. But what do we do when those controls start to fail us? And what happens when governments ban whole chemical groups due to their […]
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Written by: Nick Buck & Michelle Fountain Background SWD is a fruit fly native to south east Asia capable of causing yield reductions by ovipositing in soft and stone fruit increasing fruit susceptibility to pathogens and overall degradation. SWD overwinters in habitats neighbouring soft fruit crops especially in the winter months. These neighbouring habitats (e.g. woodland […]
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Written by: Jessica Fostvedt Austin After a tedious number of years processing endless samples at the lab bench, I decided that my talents were best served in scientific writing, teaching, and outreach. This was not a sudden career crisis; I entered this PhD programme knowing I would rather author a textbook than work in a laboratory. […]
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Written by Patrick Skilleter: In my blog post last year, I gave an overview on how soil compaction inhibits potato root growth and tuber quality by increasing the force required to overcome the soil and reducing availability of nutrients, water and oxygen in the soil. In this blog post, I will explain about the difficulty of […]
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Written by: Miranda Burke During the current crisis, everyone is facing difficulties. Amid a pandemic, the global population are being forced to adjust every part of our lives and undergo a complete attitude change. We hear a lot about antibodies, vaccines and immune systems. The capability of humans to survive, adapt and potentially gain immunity […]
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Written by Amanda Weston The Waitrose Collaborative Training Partnership Administrator, Roz Wareing, has recently gone on maternity leave and I have taken over the role on a secondment basis from another department within Lancaster University. This an exciting opportunity for me and I am thrilled to join such an energetic and friendly group. Due […]
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Written by: Prof Carly Stevens The last academic year was a very strange one, this time last year we had no idea of the challenges we would face. For students in the Waitrose CTP this has been especially challenging as projects were heavily disrupted by not be able to travel within and outside the UK […]
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