1. Stewardship of neonicotinoid insecticides: the
potential of natural populations of Myzus persicae to evolve resistance.
Levy bodies: BBRO, BPC
End date: 03/08
Total cost: £465,000
Link to summary of this project : Stewardship of neonicotinoid insecticides    (34kb)

2. Development of broad-spectrum disease
resistance to soil-borne plant viruses of
major arable crops through resistance to the
virus vector Polymyxa.
Levy bodies: BBRO, HGCA
End date: 04/08
Total cost: £755,000

3. Sustainable Arable Farming For an Improved
Environment (SAFFIE)
Levy bodies: BPC, HGCA
End date: 12/06
Total cost: £3,413,000

4. Lupins in sustainable agriculture
Levy bodies: MDC, MLC, PGRO
End date: 12/08
Total cost: £1,236,000

5. Managing uncropped land
in order to enhance biodiversity benefits
of the arable farmed landscape.[LINK 0971]
Levy bodies: HGCA, PGRO
End date: 02/10
Total cost: £955,808

6. Development and evaluation of low-phytate wheat germplasm
to reduce diffuse phosphate pollution from pig and poultry
production units (SAPPIO00311) [0973a]
Levy bodies: HGCA, MLC, BPEX
End date: 06/10
Total cost: £774,217

7. Improved utilisation of farm manures and biosolids through the
development of rapid analysis via Near Infrared Reflectance
Spectroscopy (NIRS)
Levy bodies: PBC, HGCA, MDC, MLC-BPEX, MLC-EBLEX
End date: 10/10
Total cost: £825,000
Discussions are in progress with Defra over sponsorship in 2007

This is the link to the Defra webpage for the Sustainable Arable LINK projects
http://defrafarmingandfoodscience.csl.gov.uk/unit/floatingpage.cfm?id=1