Content related to the topic: cereals-oilseeds

If you grow cereals or oilseed rape and use the harvested seed to establish a subsequent crop, it is called farm-saved seed (FSS)

Good quality seed is the starting point in cereal production.

Find out about the factors that affect seed health and the laboratory tests available.

Paul Gosling looks at the latest phase of the variety-trialling project.

Our Strategic Cereal Farms put cutting-edge research and innovation into practice on commercial farms around the UK.

From anthesis to xylem, discover the terms used to describe cereal growth.

Some quality characteristics, such as nitrogen concentration, specific weight and screenings, are highly heritable in barley.

Some quality characteristics, such as protein concentration, specific weight, Hagberg Falling Number (HFN), are highly heritable in wheat.

Discover the optimum number and size of barley grains.

Discover the optimum number and size of wheat grains.

Discover what influences grain number in barley and the factors that affect grain fill.

Discover what influences grain number in wheat and the factors that influence grain fill.