Inaugural lecture - Professor Peter Kettlewell

Posted 28 March 2011

Watch the video on our YouTube channel.

Harper Adams University College hosted a series of inaugural lectures recently.

Professor Peter Kettlewell, Professor of Crop Physiology at the University College, spoke about reducing water loss from wheat plants.

All plants lose water from their leaves and if this is more than what is available in the soil, growth is reduced. Antitranspirants decrease this water loss and act as 'waterproofing.'

These are commonly sprayed onto Christmas trees to reduce water loss and needle drop but are not currently used in crop protection.

Professor Kettlewell explains more in this video.

For more information on this, visit http://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/press/article.cfm?ID=201236&archive=true&year=2010