Loblolly Pine seed production, South Eastern USA

Loblolly Pine seed production, South Eastern USA

Cherry tree breeding at East Malling Research, image provided by Michelle Hulin

Forestry breeding programme – image provided by Gaston Lapointe of  Ministère des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF)

Forestry breeding programme – image provided by Gaston Lapointe of  Ministère des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF)

Forestry breeding programme – image provided by Gaston Lapointe of  Ministère des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF)

Forestry breeding programme – image provided by Gaston Lapointe of  Ministère des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF)

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, contained in a PBS pollination bag for study. Image courtesy of Peter W. Shearer, Oregon State Unversity.

Nghiem Quynh Chi – Institute of Forest Tree Improvement and Biotechnology, Hanoi.

Another introduction of pollen to the bag via puffer bottle, Malaysia

A field technician puffs pollen into a bag, Thailand

Field technician applies and marks a bag in Thailand

PBS International’s Sharon Ratcliffe takes data during a customer visit in Thailand

A customised PBS Tent at IBERS, UK

Customised bags IBERS, UK

Our customers Colombia have reused one of our bags simply and effectively giving it a second life.

An Oil Palm nursery at Indupalma in Colombia from PBS’ 2010 visit.

Bagged wheat in the UK. Cane or similar supports are often used by our customers as extra support for fragile plants in high winds.

Miscanthus Grass

A photo sent to us from our customers Silviculture & Research FEM Canada

A shot looking over an Oil Palm plantation, Malaysia.

Afield technician applying a pollination bag carefully

In this shot the field technician is introducing pollen to the isolated inflorescence

Pictured left Dr. Yanqi Wu of Oklahoma State University with PBS Director Hannah Senior taken on PBS visit to the USA June 2013

Some customised PBS bags being used at Wye Hops, Kent, UK

Customised sleeve type bags being used at Wye Hops

A further photo Silviculture & Research FEM seed orchard, Canada.

A close shot of the Oil Palm seed bunch

A bag secured using a length of spare cord material

Our customer has secured their bag using a cable/zip tie

Our customers use many different methods to secure there bags, in this case a tamper evident wire tie has been used

Fruitmaster pear orchard, Netherlands

Syngenta Wheat Field, Kansas, USA

An up close shot of Wheat in a PBS pollination bag, UK

A PBS 3D.55 being used on a Hazel tree

 Our bags are best for oil palm as they resist damage from spiky plants

 Our bags are best for oil palm as they resist damage from spiky plants