2020 has already demonstrated the urgent need for science to play a key role in developing solutions to global challenges. We have an ambitious plan to use the power of plant and microbial science to overcome three key challenges

A step change in resources available to wheat research over the past decade can now be exploited to increase our understanding of the effect of temperature and drought on this challenging crop

A round-up of the recent research from the John Innes Centre from summer 2020

A fortuitous discovery could point the way to using beneficial insects as a greener way of protecting crops from pests

This year we launched an alumni engagement project to reconnect with former staff and students

If plants are to survive and thrive in an increasingly unpredictable climate, they will need to use their memories

When the Covid-19 pandemic led Britain into lockdown, the institutes at Norwich Research Park closed, sending the research community off-site to work from home and leaving behind thousands of plants, crops and experiments at various stages of their development

They are packed with protein and other nutrients, good for our soil and, potentially, a source of biodegradable packaging to replace plastic; so why don’t we grow more peas?

Scientists at the John Innes Centre are recognised for their contributions to the national and international research community

We caught up with Dr Natalie Porter, who worked at the John Innes Centre as Programme Manager for the Genes in the Environment, Institute Strategic Programme