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The neo-Georgian buildings of Rothamsted Research have been standing proud for nigh on 100 years.

Founded in 1843 by a pioneer in artificial fertilisers, it is one of the longest running agricultural research institutes into world.  At one time known as the Arable Crops Research Institute, some of its plots have been the subject of continual experiment for over 150 years, increasing our knowledge of the way plant crops respond to differing fertiliser treatment.

In a world where our eating habits are dominated by supermarkets and a salad comes out of a plastic bag, we should appreciate that growing more food has been as much a part of industrial progress as the blast furnace and jet engine.  The botanists and biochemists who have served at Rothamsted have been quiet, mostly anonymous public servants who have made important developments in the provision of a basic need.

One such was the development of superphosphates in the 1930s.  These fertilisers are an essential component of the modern agricultural revolution.

Rothamsted was also instrumental in the development of synthetic pyrethroid insecticides (now 30% of worldwide use).   And less spectacularly, but underlying all modern research, pioneers in statistical theory and practice.  In a scientific experiment, it helps to be able to understand the significance of one’s results!