We need to stop treating soil like dirt
Soil is the most important natural resource we have and we are losing it at an alarming rate through degradation, erosion and desertification - much quicker than we can replace it
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Blog What is senescence and why do we want wheat that stays green for longer?
Faced by climate change, and our ever-increasing agricultural demands, what can we do to improve crops being grown? Liz Chapman is working on improving wheat yields by investigating the length of time the crops stay green
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News Applications open for STEMM-CHANGE Changemaker Placement Programme
Applications are now open for the Changemaker Placement Programme, an innovative programme to promote diversity in STEMM careers is searching for technicians from underrepresented and minority groups
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Blog Training tomorrow’s plant breeders
For aspiring plant breeders, our postgraduate MSc course in Plant Genetics and Crop Improvement has earned a reputation as an entry point for the next generation of plant breeders
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News Prestigious Wolf Prize honour for Professor Dame Caroline Dean
Professor Dame Caroline Dean (FRS) has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in recognition of her pioneering discoveries in a long and distinguished career at the John Innes Centre
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Press Release Helen Mirren voices new plant health animation
Dame Helen Mirren has helped renew efforts to keep plant disease Xylella fastidiosa out of the UK by narrating a new animation that warns of the devastation it causes, including the death of millions of olive trees in Europe
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News Detoxification enzyme discovery could be used to target major crop contaminant
Researchers have used transcriptome analysis, virus-induced gene silencing and biochemical assays, to isolate genes encoding a detoxification enzyme found in cotton, with potential for toxin degradation, crop engineering and design of novel aromatics
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News Factcheck study shows that Mendel’s statistics add up
The famous experiments of the 19th century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel set down universal laws that still underpin the field of genetics
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Blog How can we use computers to better understand plant development?
We chatted with new Group Leader Richard Smith about his computational path from computer graphics, to investigating how genes control cell growth
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