Dr Mark Banfield and his group have deciphered the structures of protein molecules used by some of the most destructive plant pathogens to promote host infection

New and more virulent crop diseases are predicted to emerge as a result of climate change

The genome of Medicago, a close relative of alfalfa and a long-established model for the study of legume biology, has been sequenced by an international team of scientists, capturing around 94% of its genes

Scientists at the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia are pioneering a powerful combination of computer modelling and experimental genetics to work out how the complex shapes of organs found in nature are produced by the interacting actions of genes

Pathogens can alter their hosts, for example malaria parasites can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, but how they do it has remained a mystery

Professor Cathie Martin's contribution to science has been recognised by election to the membership of a leading European life sciences organisation, EMBO

A new variety of broccoli with higher levels of a key phytonutrient is now available in UK shops thanks to experts working on both the biology of plants and the link between human nutrition and health

'Plant scientist' should take its rightful place beside 'doctor', 'lawyer' and 'vet' in the list of top professions to which our most capable young people aspire, according to a hard-hitting letter by an international group of botanists and crop scientists

The spacing of stomata, the pores through which plants breathe, is key to maximising the plant's breathing and how this spacing was achieved has, until now, been a mystery