We welcome draft legislation introduced in the House of Commons today which will enable development and marketing of precision bred crops in England. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill plans to create a simpler regulatory and approval process for ‘precision bred’ crops, which have targeted genetic changes which could have arisen through traditional breeding or...

Last week 21 researchers from the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and iDE Nepal, took part in a workshop to equip them with the most advanced genetic testing methodology for strain-level diagnostics of the deadly wheat yellow rust fungus.

Dr Philippa Borrill has received a prestigious award from The Society of Experimental Biology (SEB

Understanding how wheat roots can fine tune the activity of soil microbes for the benefit of agriculture is the focus of an international collaboration starting this spring

An ambitious international partnership will investigate the forests and farmlands of Nepal as a bio-diverse hotspot to inform global practices in combatting pathogens and pests.

How plants acquire nutrients is a fundamental life process. Some plants have developed beneficial associations with bacteria and fungi to help them access essential elements such as phosphate and nitrogen

Microbiologist Dr Celia Caulcott has been appointed as the next Vice Chair of the John Innes Centre’s Governing Council.

Dr Marcelo Bueno Batista has been awarded a three-year BBSRC Discovery Fellowship to take forward his innovative work at the John Innes Centre

The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.