Plants and the art of microbial maintenance
It’s been known for centuries that plants produce a diverse array of medically-valuable chemicals in their roots
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Blog Oilseed Rape and the Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Oilseed rape crops are worth £700m+ to the UK economy each year but are increasingly vulnerable to the devastating Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle. We asked PhD student Lucy Thursfield, who is working on CSFB in collaboration with French company Innolea to explain what the problem is and how we are working towards a solution
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Press Release The winter weather window that costs UK rapeseed growers millions
UK rapeseed growers are losing up to 25% of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter weather window
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23 MayEvent Dorothea de Winton Field Station Official Opening
On Thursday 23 May we are officially opening our Dorothea de Winton Field Station, with a public opening from 4pm - 6pm
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Blog Improving the iron content of Tanzanian beans
In 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
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News Dr Diane Saunders in BBSRC Innovator of the year final for international impact
John Innes Centre researcher Dr Diane Saunders has been selected as one of 12 finalists in the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Competition 2019
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News Norwich Research Park team in line for early-career innovator award
A team of young innovators based on the Norwich Research Park have made the final of the BBSRC Innovator of the Year 2019 Awards
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Press Release Chinese-UK project reveals ancient secrets of medicinal mint
The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has been unlocked in a project that raises the prospect of rapid access to a wide array of therapeutic drugs
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Blog How do plants make starch?
Starch is all around us- it’s in the food we eat, the paper we write on, and the glue we stick up wallpaper with. The different uses of starch are down to its unique structure, which leads us to the question: how do plants make it?
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