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Zombie plants, witches’ brooms and the curse that might contain a cure. A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops. Parasites manipulate the organisms they live off to suit their needs, sometimes in drastic ways. When under the spell of...
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Researchers working to combat a devastating pest of oilseed rape have been supported by a fresh injection of funds
Read about flea beetle fight gets fresh funding injection
A new discovery explains what determines the number and position of genetic exchanges that occur in sex cells, such as pollen and eggs in plants, or sperm and eggs in humans
Read about how sex cells get the right genetic mix – an interdisciplinary approach solves a century-old puzzle
The role of the hormone auxin has been shown to play a key role in the patterning along the apical-basal and medio-lateral axes; how the adaxial-abaxial axis is regulated during radial symmetry establishment at the Arabidopsis gynoecium apex has not been extensively studied until now
Read about how the adaxial-abaxial axis is regulated during radial symmetry establishment at the arabidopsis gynoecium apex
To grow and multiply efficiently, bacteria must coordinate cell division with chromosome segregation
Read about newly discovered role for ctp in ensuring faithful cell division in bacteria
Spanning eight research institutes and universities and aiming to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits
Read about designing future wheat
Developing a wider and deeper understanding of how the environment influences plant growth and development
Read about genes in the environment
Investigating the vast diversity of chemicals produced by plants and microbes
Read about molecules from nature
Understanding the molecular dialogue between plants and microbes, establishing how they communicate with each other and how they have evolved in relation to one another
Read about plant health
Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett has been announced as the next Chair of the John Innes Centre’s Governing Council
Read about ‘Sir Thomas Hughes-Hallett appointed as Chair of Governing Council’
In July, Dippy the Dinosaur arrived in Norwich, taking up residence in the Cathedral and this special Diplodocus has got everyone thinking and talking about evolution. As a plant and microbial research institute we thought we’d take a look at plant evolution and what kind of plants might have been around when Dippy walked the Earth
Read about ‘How plants evolved on land’