Rothamsted Research
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 33 ″ N , 0 ° 21 ′ 19 ″ W.
Rothamsted Research (formerly Rothamsted Experimental Station ) is the UK's largest agricultural research institute and the oldest in the world. It is situated on the estate of Rothamsted Manor in Harpenden ( Hertfordshire ) and has over 420 employees. Achim Dobermann has been the director of the institute since June 2014 .
history
John Bennet Lawes , then owner of the Rothamsted lands, began a series of experiments with the chemist Joseph Henry Gilbert in 1843 to investigate the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on yields . Lawes had opened the first fertilizer factory in 1842. Lawes and Gilbert worked together for 57 years. By around 1900, considerable amounts of data had accumulated from the experiments that required a well-founded statistical analysis. Therefore, the statistics were promoted in Rothamsted, among other things, Ronald Fisher had been working in Rothamsted since 1919.
Rothamsted has made many contributions to agricultural science, including on pyrethroids ( Michael Elliott ), virology (isolation of the tobacco mosaic virus by Frederick Bawden and Norman Pirie et al.), Nematology , soil science, and resistance to pesticides .
Research goals
The research goals of Rothamsted Research are:
- Improving crops and sustainable production systems
- Developing environmentally friendly farming practices
- Adapting to the consequences of global warming for agriculture
- Developing practices and products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Improvement of soil fertility
- Use of plants as renewable raw materials
- Conservation and use of biodiversity
- Increase social trust in agricultural and environmental sciences
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Directorate - Prof. Achim Dobermann. In: People. Rothamsted Research. From Rothamsted.ac.uk, accessed December 1, 2019.
- ↑ a b The Origins of Rothamsted Research ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Rothamstead Research website.
- ↑ Mission Statement ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Rothamstead Research website.
