UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey
What the buyer wrote
The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) was set up in 1967 in response to an unexpected epidemic of yellow rust in the popular and previously resistant wheat variety Rothwell Perdix. This epidemic was as a result of the sudden emergence of a new race of yellow rust with virulence for this variety. The formation of the UKCPVS was in recognition of the urgent need to detect new pathogen races at an early stage, before widespread epidemics can establish. Early detection of changes in pathogen virulence remains the central aim of the UKCPVS. AHDB Cereals & oilseeds and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) are currently funding the work and are looking for a contractor to continu…
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- What the buyer calls it
- UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 31 Mar 2016
- Work ends
- 30 Mar 2018
- Kind of work
- Research, evaluation and insight
Who the buyer named
Neil Rowlands was the named contact on this notice.