The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is a
plant science research company based in
Cambridge,
UK.
The NIAB group
The NIAB group consists of:
* NIAB
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NIAB EMR - a horticultural and agricultural research institute at East Malling, Kent, with a specialism in fruit and clonally propagated crop production. Joined the NIAB Group in 2016.
* NIAB CUF - a potato agronomy unit. Joined the NIAB Group in 2013.
* NIAB TAG - the arable group that joined in 2009
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BCPC - promotes the use of science and technology in the understanding and application of effective, sustainable crop production. Acquired by NIAB in 2018.
History
NIAB was founded in 1919 by
Sir Lawrence Weaver. The original Huntingdon Road headquarters building was opened in 1921, by King George V and Queen Mary.
Regional centres
NIAB operates 11 regional centres
throughout England:
* Cambridge
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Morley (Norfolk)
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East Malling (Kent)
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Sutton Scotney (Hampshire)
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Newton Abbot and Plumber Farm (Devon)
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Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
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Telford (Shropshire),
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Benniworth and
Kirton (Lincolnshire)
* Headley Hall (
Tadcaster
Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, east of the Great North Road, north-east of Leeds, and south-west of York. Its historical importance from Roman times onward was largely as the ...
, Yorkshire)
A 12th centre was expected to open at
Cirencester (Gloucestershire) in 2020.
References
External links
NIAB
Biological research institutes in the United Kingdom
Botanical research institutes
Research institutes in Cambridge
Research institutes established in 1919
1919 establishments in the United Kingdom
Partner institutions of the University of Cambridge
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