AgResearch

BNI ryegrass profiling — temperate-forage BNI breeding (Barrett, Bowatte).

Country: NZ

Research

Coverage

	CN	EU	US
agri-inputs-biocontrol	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Partnership	BNIPasture is a joint research project between Ireland and New Zealand	teagasc.ie · agresearch.co.nz
Partnership	Project partners include University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin	teagasc.ie · agresearch.co.nz
Research focus	Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) in temperate grassland species like ryegrass and plantain to reduce nitrous oxide emissions	doi.org · teagasc.ie · agresearch.co.nz
Facility	Tuhiraki research facility (Lincoln campus)	agscience.org.nz · agresearch.co.nz
Facility	New Zealand Ruminant Methane Measurement Centre (NZRMMC) at Grasslands campus	agresearch.co.nz
Facility	Containment research greenhouse facility at Lincoln campus	agresearch.co.nz
Grant	$200,000 from the Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions for plantain BNI research	agresearch.co.nz
Grant	Ireland – New Zealand Joint Research Call 2023	teagasc.ie · agresearch.co.nz
Publications	Initial profiling of Biological Nitrification Inhibition in New Zealand’s elite ryegrass cultivars (report, 2024)	agresearch.figshare.com · doi.org
Principal staff	Dr. Saman Bowatte (Project coordinator NZ, Task 4 lead)	teagasc.ie · agresearch.co.nz
Principal staff	Brent Barrett (Senior Scientist)	agresearch.co.nz
Headcount	701 employees (as of June 2025)	agresearch.co.nz

Independent sources: agscience.org.nz · doi.org · teagasc.ie

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Biological nitrification inhibitors	agri-inputs-biocontrol	Medium	→

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