CABI shares expertise on biopesticides to support new Green Economy Centre at Swansea University
CABI is sharing its expertise in biopesticides – in relation to insecticides and fungicides – to support the creation of a new Green Economy Centre at Swansea University, Wales, aimed at boosting modern green industries across the UK. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced a ÂŁ25 million investment in five…
Report recommends “highly ambitious enterprise” to create world-leading UK Microbiome Biobank
CABI has played a leading role in the creation of a new report, facilitated by National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC), which is calling for a “highly ambitious enterprise” to create a microbiome biobank that will contribute significantly to the advancement of science and its application to human health. It is…
CABI strengthens partnerships for development of biological control agents to control crop pests in Chile
CABI scientists Dr Yelitza Colmenarez and Dr Richard Shaw have paid a visit to the Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Chile to help strengthen partnerships for the development of biological control agents to help control crop pests in the country. Dr Colmenarez, CABI’s Centre Director, Brazil, and Dr Shaw, Senior…
Farming Innovation Programme award to explore vital role of soil microbiomes and move towards greater sustainable agriculture in the UK
Today, Eagle Genomics, announces an award from DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme to explore - in partnership with Rothamsted Research and CABI - the vital role of soil microbiomes as part of a move towards greater sustainable agriculture and net zero food production to feed the planet’s growing population. By leveraging…
Construction of world-leading UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank now complete
The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) – the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world – is now complete after three years of painstaking research led by CABI and a variety of partners. Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes created the…
The European MICRObiome Biobanking (RI) Enabler
Microbiomes are communities of microorganisms that include bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi and microalgae, their structural elements, metabolites, signal molecules, mobile genetic elements and surrounding environmental conditions. They are essential for maintaining ecosystems and the health of plants, animals and humans. The EU-funded MICROBE project will cooperate with research infrastructures to…