World leaders in pollination control
Feb 10th 2024
We are excited to announce a new research paper, New Nonwoven Fabrics for Pollination Control Bags for Oil Palm, by Marnie E. Light, Daljit Singh Virk, and H Senior, published in the International Journal of Oil Palm.
Jan 10th 2024
A new research paper shows the pollen-proofing power of our tents at the molecular level. The paper, Molecular Fingerprinting Confirms Pollen-Proofing of Nonwoven Pollination Control Fabrics in Sugar Beet, by Piergiorgio Stevanato, Samathmika Ravi, Paul Townson, Daljit Singh Virk and Hannah Senior, is published in Discoveries in Agriculture and Food Sciences (Jan 2024).
Apr 10th 2023
We are happy to share a recent research paper showing the effects of pollen bag shape and material on seed production in loblolly pines. The paper, Pollination Bag Type Affects Ovule Development and Seed Yields in Pinus taeda L., by Austin J Heine, Trevor D Walker, Jackson B Jett, Fikret Isik and Steven E. McKeand, is published in Forest Science (April 2023).
Sep 1st 2022
We are delighted to announce that our latest research paper has now been published, Increasing seed set and pollen proofing in Brassica juncea (Mustard) and Brassica napus (Rapeseed) through novel non-woven synthetic pollination control bags (Mehak Gupta, Gurpreet Kaur, Surinder Singh Banga & Daljit Singh Virk).
Jul 13th 2021
We share research about our pollination control tents for large-scale field projects, introduce new studies to understand pollination control in cannabis, and follow up on research highlighted in previous Research Update in both Forestry and Sorghum.
Sep 10th 2020
We’re delighted to announce the publication of yet another research paper; Evaluating the pollen proofing of nonwoven synthetic fabric pollination control tents for sugar beet by Paul Townson, Daljit Singh Virk and Hannah Senior.
Aug 13th 2020
We’re delighted to announce the publication of the latest research paper Assessing the effectiveness of nonwoven fabric pollination tents for improved grass breeding by Michael Trammell, Dusty G. Pittman, Daljit Singh Virk and Hannah Senior.
Jan 27th 2020
As a result of increased legality, a multi-billion industry has been born almost overnight in medical and recreational cannabis, and alongside this a restriction (both perceptual and actual) has been lifted from the industrial hemp sector
Jan 27th 2019
Newly published research in PLOS-One, carried out by NIAB, Aberystwyth University and PBS International, lifts the lid on the specialist nature of nonwovens for plant breeding.