A £1 million public: private research project will seek to identify new varieties of peas to reduce the UK’s reliance on imported soya proteins for human consumption. The Pea Protein project involves plant breeder Germinal’s Germinal Horizon research and innovation...
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Germinal research chair at Aberystwyth
Grass and forage crop breeder Germinal, in conjunction with Aberystwyth University, has appointed Professor Gancho Slavov as Germinal chair of crop genomics at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural...
Duckweed to grow feed protein from slurries
A joint project between Aberystwyth University and University College Cork is exploring the growing of duckweed on slurries and wastewater from livestock units. As well as reducing potential pollution, the resultant biomass could be...
Terravesta wins £3.3m for miscanthus upscaling
Terravesta, the Lincolnshire-based specialist in growing and processing the miscanthus biomass crop, has successfully bid for Phase 2 funding from the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme. The company’s Optimising Miscanthus Establishment through...
Germinal invests in net zero forage R&D
Grass and forage plant breeder Germinal is to fund a research team at Aberystwyth University in a public/private venture that aims to help enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability against a background of climate change. Germinal and Aberystwyth University...
Red clover as a feed protein source
Forage crop breeder Germinal is part of a consortium seeking to commercialise a research finding that could see red clover become a source of UK feed proteins, as well as a source of high value pharmaceutical ingredients. The company is collaborating with Aberystwyth...