The UK government has awarded £93,000 to Professor George Lomonossoff of the John Innes Centre, Professor Janet Daly of Nottingham University and Professor Luis Ferreira at Sao Paulo University, Brazil to develop an effective diagnostic test to detect Zika virus infection in humans

With the announcement that ‘Kranich’ yellow rust race has been detected in the UK for the first time, together with an increase in fungal infection among previously resistant varieties, a new approach to disease management and prediction, Field Pathogenomics, is to be welcomed

In preparation for the upcoming 2016 International Women's Day we have created a series of online materials to showcase some of our fantastic female scientists and to encourage young women to consider a career in science

Collaboration between leading scientists in the UK and India will focus on tackling global food shortages with research into increasing crop yields and improving disease and drought resistance

A new virtual Joint Centre brings together major UK and Indian researchers with programmes on wheat improvement to determine the genetic control of nitrogen use efficiency in wheat

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered a new target in plants for the development of new herbicides for use by farmers and gardeners

Scientists at the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia have made an exciting discovery that could provide a new way to prevent bacterial infections in both humans and plants without triggering multi-drug resistance in bacteria

Slugs are on the increase in the UK, and they are getting more determined

New research has found that ‘mother’ plants remember the seasons and use this memory to teach their seeds the time of year and tell them when they should germinate