Antarctic research

Radio Scotland Good Morning Scotland
28 December 2007
Two Dundee-based scientists are travelling to the Antarctic to carry out research into global warming. They are carrying out a joint-study between Scottish Crop Research Institute and Stirling University.

International Year of the Potato 2008

Radio Scotland Grassroots
29 December 2007
Professor John Bradshaw of SCRI talks about International Year of the Potato.

Dundee Courier
11 December 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute is to have a major role in marking the UN Year of the Potato.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
11 December 2007
Ensuring potatoes survive in a world suffering the impact of climate change and droughts is to be the focus of scientists in Tayside.

The Scotsman
11 December 2007
Roasted, fried or mashed up with mince, the humble potato has been the cornerstone of the Scottish diet for centuries - and now the country's scientists are to give the spud its own worldwide conference.

Glasgow Herald
11 December 2007
A major conference on global production will form part of Scotland's contribution to the UN Year of the Potato in 2008.

The Times
11 December 2007
The importance of potatoes to the British economy and its vital role in alleviating poverty in developing world are to be discussed in a major conference to coincide with next year being celebrated as the UN Year of the Potato.

Scottish Daily Mail
10 December 2007
Centuries after it first graced our plates, 2008 is International Year of the Potato – but how much do you really know about the humble spud?

Radio Tay FM
10 December 2007
SCRI is marking the United Nations 2008 International year of the potato.

Edinburgh Evening News
10 December 2007
Scotland is to host a conference on global potato production as part of the United Nations' Year of the Potato in 2008.

Potato Cyst Nematode research

Dundee Courier
5 December 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie is joining a consortium of world leading scientists in order to decode the genetic secrets of a potato killer less than one millimetre long.

Farmers Guardian
5 December 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) is joining a consortium of world-leading scientists in a bid to sequence the DNA of the potato cyst nematode.

The Scotsman
29 November 2007
The Dundee-based Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI), widely recognised as a world leader in the field of plant science, is set to join forces with a range of similar international organisations in a £1.7million project aimed at targeting a parasite worm which can devastate potato crops.

World Food Technology and Innovation Forum 2007

Aberdeen Press and Journal
20 November 2007
Representatives from two of Scotland's top research institutes are in Dublin this week to highlight Scotland's food and health research strengths and its innovative firms at the World Food Technology and Innovation Forum.

Dundee Courier
20 November 2007
Cutting edge at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, in Invergowrie, is being presented at an international food technology event in Dublin this week.

Dundee Evening Telegraph
19 November 2007
Cutting edge research being carried out at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, in Invergowrie, will be presented to more than 100 delegates from around the world at a food technology event in Dublin this week.

Advanced Higher Days

Aberdeen Press and Journal
17 November 2007
Pupils from nine schools in Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Fife and Perth and Kinross have been given an insight into the work of the Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie, near Dundee.

Dundee Courier
16 November 2007
Local school pupils studying Advanced Higher Biology visit SCRI to learn more about careers in science and research.

Dundee Courier
15 November 2007
Sparks were flying when sixth year pupils from schools across Tayside gathered at the Scottish Crop Research Centre (SCRI) in Invergowrie yesterday to learn more about its research and careers in science.

Dundee Courier
9 November 2007
Youngsters acquired a taste for science yesterday when they attended a biology theme day at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie. The Advanced Higher Biology pupils visited to learn more about research and careers in science.

Raspberry research

Dundee Courier
10 November 2007
One of the UK's top plant breeding experts has expressed her concern over the increasing levels of privatisation an secrecy within raspberry breeding research. Dr Vicky Knight of East Malling Research was speaking at an event at SCRI.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
10 November 2007
One of the UK's top plant breeding experts has expressed her concern over the increasing levels of privatisation and secrecy within raspberry breeding research. Dr Vicky Knight of East Malling Research was speaking at an event at SCRI.

Potato blight link with malaria

Horticulture Week
15 November 2007
Blight research links to malaria.

Glasgow Herald
5 November 2007
Irish potato famine research may lead to malaria vaccine.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
5 November 2007
Potato blight linked to malaria.

Dundee Courier
5 November 2007
Potato probe could aid malaria fight.

Radio Tay FM
5 November 2007
Tayside scientists looking at the fungus which caused the Irish potato famine have made a discovery that could help tackle malaria.

STV North Tonight
5 November 2007
Dundee scientists at the Scottish Crop Research Institute may have inadvertently found a cure for malaria.

Sunday Times
4 November 2007
Pioneering research by Scots scientists into the parasite that caused the Irish potato famine has paved the way for a vaccine that could eradicate malaria.

SCRI scientist honoured by RSC

Scottish Farmer
3 November 2007
SCRI scientist Derek Stewart honoured.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
30 October 2007
Dundee scientist Derek Stewart has been made a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Umami improves potato flavour

The Scotsman
27 December 2007
Umami, a 100-year-old Japanese concept of flavour, may hold the key to breeding the perfect potato.

Scottish Farmer
3 November 2007
Spuds with extra umami.

Glasgow Herald
30 October 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) has discovered that a Japanese concept of flavour may hold the key to breeding the perfect potato.

Dundee Courier
29 October 2007
Like a tasty spud? Umami knows best.

Metro London
29 October 2007
The 'perfect tasting' potato could be just years away from reaching the dinner table.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
29 October 2007
A Japanese concept of flavour may hold the key to breeding the perfect potato.

Radio Scotland Newsdrive
29 October 2007
What is the best tasting potato?

BBC News Online
29 October 2007
Study shows secret of tasty spuds.

Long service awards

Scottish Farmer
27 October 2007
Forty scientists and support staff at the Scottish Crop Research Institute received long service awards this week.

Dundee Courier
25 October 2007
Forty scientists and support staff who have clocked up 1200 years of service at Invergowrie's Scottish Crop Research Institute yesterday received long-service awards at a presentation ceremony.

Dundee Evening Telegraph
24 October 2007
A group of scientists and support staff, who have clocked up a total of 1200 years of service at Invergowrie's Scottish Crop Research Institute, received long service awards at presentation ceremony today.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
23 October 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie, near Dundee, will tomorrow honour 40 scientists and support staff who, collectively, clocked up 1,200 years of service.

Mayan Gold potatoes

Daily Record
15 October 2007
Scottish scientists have developed the first new potato to be introduced in Britain for more than 400 years.

Scottish Daily Mail
15 October 2007
With its golden-coloured flesh and buttery flavour, the new vegetable presented to his Queen by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1597 was considered a curiosity.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
15 October 2007
Scottish scientists have developed the first completely new potato in Britain for more than 400 years.

Sunday Post
14 October 2007
The first completely new potato to be introduced into Britain for 400 years goes on sale in supermarkets next month.

BBC Radio Scotland
14 October 2007
The first completely new potato variety to be introduced in Britain for 400 years has been grown by scientists at the Scottish Crop Institute in Tayside.

Facilities upgrade at SCRI

Dundee Courier
27 September 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie is to spend £200,000 in renovations to store its collection of scientific books and journals.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
27 September 2007
Scotland's leading centre for crop research is carrying out two projects that will see new office space created and a new library installed to house the centre's collection of scientific journals, books and papers.

Dundee Evening Telegraph
26 September 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie is to spend £200,000 on renovating office space and a library to store its huge collection of scientific books and journals.

Potato blight

Farmers Weekly
25 September 2007
Record year for potato blight and Smith periods. Around 1500 users signed up for the blight service, and over 2000 positive isolates were sent for SCRI analysis.

Farming UK
25 September 2007
FAB/Blightwatch records phenomenal year. Blight scouts have done an excellent job collecting samples, with over 2000 positive isolates sent to SCRI for analysis.

Dr Tim George wins fellowship

Scottish Farmer
29 September 2007
Climate change is threatening Scotland with wetter winters and drier summers - but Scottish Crop Research Institute scientist, Dr Tim George, aims to be ready, with his work improving the resilience of Scottish crop varieties.

The Scotsman
21 September 2007
Dr Tim George, a leading scientist with the Invergowrie-based Scottish Crop Research Institute, has been awarded a fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh to pursue work on the resilience of Scottish agriculture in the face of global environmental change.

Dundee Courier
20 September 2007
A Dundee scientist has been awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship to pursue his work on the resilience of Scottish agriculture in the face of global environmental change.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
20 September 2007
A top scientist at the Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie has been awarded a Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship to pursue his work on the resilience of Scottish agriculture in the face of global environmental change.

New Electron Microscope

Aberdeen Press and Journal
8 September 2007
The Scottish Crop Research Institute at Invergowrie, near Dundee, is to take delivery of a new £100,000-plus electron microscope.

Glasgow Herald
4 September 2007
Crops come under the electron microscope.

China accepts Scottish seed potatoes

Scottish Farmer
8 September 2007
Scottish spuds have broken into a potentially huge new market, with the Chinese government lifting its longstanding ban on seed imports to bring in some Scots-cultivated mini tubers.

The Scotsman
31 August 2007
Scottish growers crack Chinese potato market.

Dundee Courier
30 August 2007
The Chinese government has finally given permission for the importation of Scottish seed potato mini-tubers.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
30 August 2007
The Chinese market has finally been opened to Scottish seed potato growers.

Tay FM News
30 August 2007
Scotland breaks into the seed potato market in China.

Malting barley research

Farmers Guardian
24 August 2007
Hitchhiking Scotch genes.

Rare Butterfly Sighting

Scottish Farmer
1 September 2007
Climate change is bringing new insect species to Scotland, as evidenced by the Comma butterfly.

Dundee Courier
16 August 2007
Butterfly sighting indicates change.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
16 August 2007
Climate change blamed for rare butterfly sighting.

STV North Tonight
15 August 2007
Rare butterfly sighting alarms scientists.

Potatoes in Practice 2007

Scottish Farmer
18 August 2007
Blight takes centre stage at potato event.

Farmers Weekly
17 August 2007
Tight blight management will be crucial if this year's crop is to survive in store, warned specialists at Potatoes in Practice.

Farmers Guardian
17 August 2007
Profiles of DNA found in soil samples can prove valuable aids in assessing disease risks, Dr Jennie Brierley, of SCRI, told visitors to Potatoes in Practice.

Dundee Courier
10 August 2007
Blight bruises potato growers’ confidence.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
10 August 2007
Blight fight proves struggle.

Blackcurrant research

The Times
24 August 2007
Ribena gets new squeeze as things start to hot up.

Tay FM
30 July 2007
Blackcurrants under threat in Tayside.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
30 July 2007
Chilling threat to blackcurrants.

Daily Express
30 July 2007
Race to save Scots blackcurrants.

Daily Telegraph
30 July 2007
Mild winters threaten blackcurrants with extinction.

Scottish Mail on Sunday
29 July 2007
How scientists are battling to make sure that we don't run out of juice.

Fruit for the Future 2007

Dundee Courier
20 July 2007
Predicting a healthy future for soft fruits.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
20 July 2007
Berry good way to boost health.

Cereal Solutions 2007

Dundee Courier
12 July 2007
Whisky benefits from barley research.

SCRI’s Economic Impact Assessment

Horticulture Week
12 July 2007
SCRI provides economic boost.

The Scotsman
6 July 2007
Pioneering work of SCRI 'bringing up to £227m to farming industry'.

Glasgow Herald
6 July 2007
Cream of the crop for both Scottish and UK economies.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
6 July 2007
Scottish crop institute's work boosts economy by millions.

Dundee Courier
6 July 2007
SCRI boosts economy by £160 million.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) research

Scottish Farmer
21 July 2007
Never say never to biotech crops - SCRI.

BBC Reporting Scotland
4 July 2007
Leading Scottish Agricultural scientist says Scotland must not turn its back on GM crop technology.

BBC Radio Scotland
4 July 2007
SNP warned of folly of turning back on GM crops.

The Times
4 July 2007
Scotland to 'pay price for shunning GM crops'.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
4 July 2007
Research centre to reopen debate.

The Scotsman
4 July 2007
New GM tests as feed prices weaken ban.

SCRI research shows blackcurrants are top superfruit

Fresh Produce Journal
6 July 2007
Blackcurrants top super league.

Horticulture Week
28 June 2007
Blackcurrant ranks as most nutritious berry.

The Grocer
23 June 2007
Super fruits' are trounced on health.

The Scotsman
19 June 2007
Blackcurrants hailed as new 'super-fruit'.

The Times
19 June 2007
Blackcurrant 'is top superfruit'.

Daily Express
19 June 2007
The berry that is so very good.

Daily Telegraph
19 June 2007
Study claims blackcurrant is the No 1 'superfruit'.