Green revolution genes promise additional yield
Untangling the genetics that control and regulate the yield of a crop is a complicated, but potentially rewarding puzzle.
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Press Release Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age old disease
Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what is hoped to be a major step towards global eradication of the disease.
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News Plants use calcium to convey internal warning of attacking aphids
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered how plants send internal warning signals in response to attack by aphids
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Press Release Pumping Iron – Biofortified wheat produces white flour with extra iron
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have developed a variety of wheat that contains high levels of iron
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News New study links antibiotic resistance to common household disinfectant triclosan
Scientists from the John Innes Centre, Quadrum Institute and the University of Birmingham have discovered a link between a major mechanism of antibiotic resistance and resistance to the disinfectant triclosan which is commonly found in domestic products
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News Discovery shows soil dwelling bacteria adapt to richer or poorer conditions in marriage of convenience with plants
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have identified a unique mechanism that the soil dwelling bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens uses to effectively exploit nutrients in the root environment
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Press Release Queen’s Birthday Honours award for John Innes Centre scientist
Professor Claire Domoney, Head of the Department of Metabolic Biology at the John Innes Centre, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
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News Sarah O’Connor elected into EMBO
The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced today that John Innes Centre’s Professor Sarah O’Connor is one of 65 outstanding life scientists to have been elected to its membership, joining a group of over 1,700 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world. The 2017 electees include 56 EMBO Members residing in 19 Member...
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News International scientific alliance launched for crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa
An international scientific alliance to fast track-crop improvement in sub-Saharan Africa is launched
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