An international team of scientists has cracked the problem of pod shatter in brassica crops such as oilseed rape

A new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel

A new project is being launched that will develop a rapid plant-based system to produce and assess the capacity of different proteins to act as vaccines against important diseases of livestock such as avian influenza and blue tongue

The humble tadpole could provide the key to developing effective anti-skin cancer drugs, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at the University of East Anglia

A team has identified a key gene that was transferred from a Sicilian plant into a close relative in Britain, showing how genetic cross-talk between species can be important for evolution

A breakthrough by scientists at the University of East Anglia could pave the way for new drugs that protect the human immune system from bacterial disease

Scientists have expressed genes from snapdragon in tomatoes to grow purple tomatoes high in health-protecting anthocyanins

Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale

Fruit breeding was important in shaping the early history of the John Innes Institute