HC Deb 16 November 1976 vol 919 cc477-8W
Mr. Watt

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much research is presently taking place at plant breeding stations and research institutes in Scotland into developing strains of maize suitable for the production of maize silage.

Mr. Hugh D. Brown

The Scottish Plant Breeding Station is not itself undertaking research into breeding new varieties of maize but is in close contact with the Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, which is the main centre for

be processed and analysed, and it is hoped to publish the report in about two years' time.