United Kingdom
June 22, 2009
The British Crop Production
Council (BCPC) is delighted to announce the appointment of
Professor Graham Jellis to its Board of Management. Graham is
currently Director of Research and Development at HGCA where he
is responsible for the R&D function, managing research projects
on cereals and oilseeds, including the Recommended Lists and
producing independent information based on this research.
“Having Graham accept an appointment to the BCPC Board of
Management is most welcome,” says, Dr Colin Ruscoe, Chairman of
BCPC. “His experience at HGCA will be of particular value and
benefit to BCPC in providing informed opinion on current issues
in crop and food production, as well as helping expand its range
of publications and symposia.”
Trained as a plant pathologist at Manchester University, where
he completed a PhD on silver scurf of potatoes, he was then
employed at the Plant Breeding Institute (later PBI Cambridge
Ltd) for 27 years where his initial work was as a potato
pathologist. He was then appointed Head of the Plant Pathology
Group and finally Head of Plant Technology. He is Special
Professor in applied Plant Pathology at Nottingham University,
Fellow of the Institute of Biology and is President of the
British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) until July 2009.
Due to retire from HGCA in July 2009, Graham intends to remain
active within the industry. In January 2010, following the
retirement of Dr Ben Miflin, he will become Chairman of Crop
Evaluation Ltd, which manages the HGCA Recommended Lists.
The British Crop Production Council (BCPC) is a non-profit
making organisation. Over 50 years it has developed an
international reputation for sound science in the fields of
agriculture, food and the environment. Its conferences,
publications and working groups bring together scientists to
form opinion on key issues. Its website www.bcpc.org attracts
more than 12,000 visitors a month seeking its opinions, products
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