For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen

Leaves come in all shapes and sizes and scientists have discovered simple rules that control leaf shape during growth

Research rooted in Norwich science has revealed how the arrival of the first plants 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages

Plants and microbes produce a wide spectrum of natural products, which give them their huge range of colours, flavours and scents

Too much sun, too much heat and not enough water makes us sick. The same goes for plants. Including ones that feed us and our livestock

Dr Cristobal Uauy of the John Innes Centre has been awarded the “Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award” 2011 for Biology for his work in the research area of wheat genetics

A 120-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to breach the cell walls of legumes has been settled after paper published by John Innes Centre scientists reports that plants themselves allow bacteria in

Scientists have made public all the data they have so far on the genetic blueprint of medicinal plants and what beneficial properties are encoded by the genes identified

Scientists have worked out the structure of a class of enzyme that has been genetically validated as a new drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a pathogenic bacterium which is responsible for 2 million tuberculosis deaths worldwide each year