A closer look at variety mixtures

AHDB has used Recommended Lists (RL) data to build a tool to guide variety blend decisions, following growing interest from farmers to use varietal mixtures to increase genetic diversity in the field.

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A closer look at variety mixtures

AHDB has used Recommended Lists (RL) data to build a tool to guide variety blend decisions, following growing interest from farmers to use varietal mixtures to increase genetic diversity in the field....

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