Description
Engagement with farmers and growers at several cereal events, over several years, on the potential use of Miscanthus on farms in the UK and the delivery pipeline for seed based varieties, including on the potential environmental benefits on marginal low carbon soils. This including raising awareness of the availability of seed based Miscanthus hybrids and their significant advantage over rhizome based M. x gianteus in terms of cost of establishment, scaleability and disease susceptability.| Period | 2012 → 2015 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Degree of Recognition | National |
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Optimising the development of the energy grass Miscanthus through manipulation of flowering time
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Genetic resources for the dissection of bioenergy traits
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