Absence of warm temperature spikes revealed as driver for vernalization
A new study has uncovered multiple factors that contribute to the important phenomenon of vernalisation in plants
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Press Release Temperature resilient crops now an “achievable dream”
Breeding temperature-resilient crops is an “achievable dream” in one of the most important species of commercially-cultivated plants
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Press Release First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare for the potential re-emergence of a forgotten crop pathogen, a new study advises today.
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Blog Creating a baby-leaf kale resistant to downy mildew
Downy mildew in baby leaf kale, could be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent collaboration between industry and science.
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News Prime Minister sees UK-China plant science collaboration first hand
On 1 February, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, visited the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing.
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Blog The story of GEN day
The GEN programme held a mini, discussion-led conference, to bring everyone working in the ISP together.
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Blog Meet the Molecules; β-ODAP
We have known about the effects of β-ODAP (or to give it its full name; β-L-oxalyl-2,3-diaminopropionic acid) for a lot longer than we have known the molecule.
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News New field station makes space for innovative crop science
A new facility to assist advances in crop science is taking shape in the Norfolk countryside
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Blog LED light trial – energy-saving and speedier breeding
A project has been trialling LED lights in place of traditional sodium-vapour, and fluorescent tube lamps in selected glasshouses and controlled environment rooms here at the John Innes Centre.
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