Human-induced climate change is driving increasingly severe weather in the UK, threatening the long-term viability of Scotland’s land-based industries.
Rural Economy Resilience, Community Resilience, Climate and the Environment, Land and Communities, Sustainable Land Management
An online tool is being developed using artificial intelligence to provide convenient access to biosecurity advice for farmers. Initial development and testing of the proof of concept has produced a shiny app.
Available at: https://epidemiology.sruc.ac.uk/shiny/apps/bitesize-biosecurity/
Agriculture, Agricultural Systems and Land Management, Plant and Animal Health
Welcome to this, our seventh ELPEG bulletin of the 2022-2027 RESAS Strategic Research Programme. The aim of this bulletin is to provide policy makers with updates on the research on biodiversity that is happening within the strategic research programme.
Land and Communities, Climate and the Environment, Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Ann McLaren & Nicola Lambe
Agriculture
Powerpoint presentation providing an overview on UNC, UNC Seedcorn, UNC Platform Funding and UNC Services
Underpinning National Capacity
The aim was to produce an updated Scottish genetic diversity scorecard for ongoing monitoring of biodiversity within terrestrial species and to expand its relevance to marine species to support strategies to prevent and reverse biodiversity decline.
Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Poster by Eugene Ryabov, Graham Cowan and Ingo Hein about 'Understanding the genetic mechanisms of resistance to Potato leafroll virus in potato'
Agriculture
Poster by Eugene Ryabov and Graham Cowan on 'understanding the effects of virus genetics and potato variety on potato leafroll virus symptoms'
Agriculture