This page can be found at: sscr.scri.ac.uk
Skip to content¦

Latest News

Read the latest news from SSCR. Older news items are also retained here as an archive.

  • Soft Fruit Winter Meeting 2012
  • The Scottish Society for Crop Research and Bulrush Horticulture Limited will host a joint Soft Fruit Winter Meeting and Information Day in the Landmark Hotel, Dundee on 15 February 2012.

    (Published: 24 Jan 2012)


  • SSCR Annual General Meeting 2012
  • The 2012 AGM will be held at The James Hutton Institute Dundee site (formerly SCRI) at 2pm in the New Seminar Room on Wednesday 23 May.

    (Published: 19 Jan 2012)


  • Creation of The James Hutton Institute
  • The creation of any new organisation always results in uncertainties on the part of staff and others.

    (Published: 14 Jul 2011)


  • The James Hutton Institute
  • Scotland has a brand new research ‘super institute’ with the job of tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems.

    (Published: 19 Apr 2011)


  • New report on barley project
  • A short report on the SSCR funded project 'Determining the phenotypic basis of differential cultivar response to soil physical constraints in winter and spring barley' is now available.

    (Published: 10 Nov 2010)


  • Peter Massalski Prize 2010
  • A 36-year-old scientist at SCRI, Scotland’s leading centre for crop research and plant breeding, has been awarded the Peter Massalski Prize for meritorious research.

    (Published: 26 May 2010)


  • Soft fruit presentations
  • Presentations and posters from the SSCR Winter Soft Fruit Meeting 2010 are available

    (Published: 07 May 2010)


  • New SSCR website is launched
  • The Scottish Society for Crop Research has a new look website to enable members and other interested parties to keep up to date with its activities.

    (Published: 21 Aug 2008)


  • SCRI scientist honoured
  • A 35-year-old scientist at SCRI, Scotland’s leading centre for crop research and plant breeding, has been awarded the Peter Massalski Prize for meritorious research.

    (Published: 14 Aug 2008)


  • Scottish Society for Crop Research AGM
  • The Society's AGM was held at SCRI on Tuesday 27 May 2008.

    (Published: 13 Aug 2008)


  • New secretary for Soft Fruit Sub-committee
  • The Soft Fruit Sub-committee has a new secretary, Mrs Alison Dolan, plant pathologist in charge of soft fruit nuclear stock, based at SCRI.

    (Published: 12 Aug 2008)