Hewitt, Eric John, (27 Feb. 1919–31 Dec. 2001), Head of Biochemistry Group in Plant Sciences Division, Long Ashton Research Station, and Reader in Plant Physiology, University of Bristol, 1967–84

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Physiology ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Plant Sciences ◽  
Ashton Research Station ◽  
University Of Bristol

Charles Livesey Walton (1881–1953): from marine to veterinary to agricultural zoology

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
P. G. Moore ◽  
R. B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Research Station ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Pests And Diseases ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
North Wales ◽  
University College ◽  
Ashton Research Station ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

Charles Livesey Walton (1881–1953) was born on the Isle of Man, but moved in childhood via Yorkshire to the south coast of Pembrokeshire (Wales). Later, having become a man of private means, he relocated to Devon. He was associated with the Marine Biological Laboratory of the United Kingdom in Plymouth from 1907 until 1912, where he developed expertise on sea anemones. His first publication was on these animals, in 1907 with Professor Herbert John Fleure of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he eventually gained employment in 1912. There, he changed course to work on various aspects of veterinary and agricultural zoology, themes he pursued at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He considered his major contribution to have been his work there on “liver rot” (fasciolosis) in sheep, carried out from 1919 and during the economic depression of the 1920s. As a marine zoologist, he is probably best known for his co-authorship of The biology of the sea-shore (1922) with Frederick William Flattely. He moved from Bangor in 1927 to the Long Ashton Research Station, University of Bristol, as an agricultural entomologist. As part of a multidisciplinary team there, he developed and tested chemical treatments against a wide variety of plant pests and diseases. Retiring to St David's, Pembrokeshire, he catalogued plants of the peninsula. Walton apparently never married. The comprehensive bibliography presented here constitutes an appropriate memorial alongside his influential final book, Farmers' warfare (1947).

scholarly journals Plant Physiology and some aspects of future agriculture.

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61
Author(s):  
E.C. Wassink
Keyword(s):  
Plant Physiology ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Research Station ◽  
The World

From considerations of solar energy conversion data it is suggested that the total area required for feeding the entire human population of the world according to present agricultural practices and nutritional standards is relatively small, being about 2000 x 2000 km. This area includes roads etc. and that needed for crop production would be only 25% of this figure. The author proposes that agricultural production may benefit from the setting up, in various parts of the world, of 3000 units each about 30 x 40 km in area and devoted to a limited number of crops and served by its own research station. Some consequences of this suggestion are discussed.-F.A.S. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

scholarly journals Evaluation of Flower, Fruit, and Juice Characteristics of a Multinational Collection of Cider Apple Cultivars Grown in the U.S. Pacific Northwest

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol A. Miles ◽  
Jacqueline King ◽  
Travis Robert Alexander ◽  
Edward Scheenstra
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Apple Cultivars ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ashton Research Station ◽  
Strongly Consistent

Little information exists on the bloom and fruit characteristics of cider apple (Malus ×domestica) cultivars grown in the United States for the juice and alcoholic beverage markets. In this study, a total of 17 cider apple cultivars, including 4 American, 9 English, and 4 French, plus 1 Danish standard dessert apple cultivar (Red Gravenstein, Worthen strain) commonly used for cider, all grown in northwest Washington, were evaluated from 2000 to 2015 for commercially relevant traits. Trees were rated each year and the cultivars were categorized accordingly by relative bloom time, bloom habit, and productivity. The mean full bloom (FB) date of the 18 apple cultivars evaluated ranged from 25 Apr. to 25 May, with 6 cultivars categorized as early season bloomers, 9 as midseason, and 3 as late season. The mean bloom density (BD) rating (measured on a scale of 1–5) for all cultivars was (mean ± sd) 3.8 ± 0.6 (moderate bloom), with the bloom habit of 1 cultivar categorized as biennial, 11 as consistent, and 6 as strongly consistent. The mean productivity rating (measured on a scale of 1–5) for all cultivars was 2.9 ± 0.6 (light fruiting), with the productivity of 4 cultivars categorized as biennial, 10 as consistent, and 4 as strongly consistent. The mean fruit diameter of the 18 apple cultivars was 2.7 ± 0.4 inches (medium sized), with the fruit size of 2 cultivars categorized as small-fruited, 15 as medium-fruited, and 1 as large-fruited. For the 18 cultivars, the mean tannin and titratable acidity (TA) were 0.20% ± 0.14% and 0.54% ± 0.28%, respectively, and using the English cider apple classification system of juice type, 4 of the cultivars were classified as bittersweet, 1 as bittersharp, 3 as sweet, and 10 as sharp. Three of the cultivars had tannin content lower than what was historically recorded at the Long Ashton Research Station (LARS) in Bristol, England, for those same cultivars. The mean specific gravity (SG) of the 18 cultivars was 1.052 ± 0.007, the average predicted alcohol by volume (ABV) was 6.9% ± 0.9%, and the mean pH was 3.68 ± 0.39. Classification of three cultivars in northwest Washington, based on juice characteristics, differed from their historical classification in England, likely because of differences in climate and management. Only cultivars Golden Russet (sharp), Grimes Golden (sharp), and Yarlington Mill (sweet, but borderline bittersweet) were strongly consistent in productivity, but none produced high levels of tannin, whereas only cultivars Bramtot (bittersweet), Chisel Jersey (bittersweet), and Breakwell Seedling (bittersharp) were consistent in productivity and produced high levels of tannin.

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Earth Sciences ◽  
Plant Physiology ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Fourth Edition ◽  
Physical Dormancy ◽  
Earth History ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
Plant Sciences ◽  
Essential Resource

Over 7,700 entries This new fourth edition has been completely revised and updated, covering all aspects in the field of plant sciences including biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and earth sciences. Over 600 new entries, including Rosales, physical dormancy, menthol, and codeine, enhance the dictionary's coverage of botanical terms, key drugs and medicines derived from plants, and plant orders, families, and genera. It also explains many ecological terms, and expands beyond plants to describe fungi and bacteria and how they affect plants. New timelines show important moments in plant evolution, and vernacular plant names have been transferred to a new appendix for ease of use, fully cross-referenced to the A to Z entries. The most up-to-date dictionary available on its subject, this is an essential resource for students of plant sciences and amateur botanists, as well as an entertaining and valuable guide for the plant enthusiast.

East Malling Research Station

1951 ◽  
Vol 139 (894) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
The South ◽  
Experiment Station ◽  
South West ◽  
Ashton Research Station ◽  
And Control ◽  
Tree Fruits ◽  
Wye College

The story of East Malling Research Station begins in 1913 when the Wye College Fruit Experiment Station was founded under Wellington, the first Director, as the result of representations by the fruitgrowers of Kent, Surrey and Sussex. At this time Spencer Pickering was demonstrating, on the Duke of Bedford’s Experimental Fruit Farm at Woburn, the wide field to be explored in the scientific study of fruit culture, and was already struggling with the great experimental difficulties arising from the heterogeneity of his plant material. The National Fruit and Cider Institute at Long Ashton, founded in 1903, was developing its work under Professor Barker while the John Innes Horticultural Institution, now in its new home at Bayfordbury, had been founded only two years before. The broad climatic distinctions between the fruitgrowing areas of the south east, in the heart of which East Malling is situated, and of those of the south west, served by the Long Ashton Research Station, are illustrated in figure 1, together with the acreage under tree fruits in each county. Wellington defined the task of the Experiment Station upon its foundation as ‘The study of problems which are met with in the actual culture of fruit trees and bushes.’ He emphasized the need for the study of the fundamental processes involved in the growth of the tree and pointed out that an essential preliminary was to identify and control the factors producing variation in growth, in yield, and in response to cultural treatments. He gave pride of place in the programme to the problems of rootstock effects, but work was also envisaged on propagation, on incompatibility and double working, on pruning and on manuring of tree fruits, while investigations on soft fruits and hops were also planned.

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