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News Borlaug award for outstanding wheat researcher
An early-career wheat researcher has received an international award for her outstanding achievements
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Blog BLOG – Harnessing the soil microbiome for crop health
Pick up a handful of soil and you’d be holding many millions of tiny microbes. These organisms may be microscopic but their impact on plants and agriculture is enormous. Microbes like bacteria, viruses and fungi might make us think of infections we’ve had, or mouldy fruit and vegetables. However, microbes aren’t all bad. We now understand that microbes in the soil (collectively known as the soil microbiome) are key partners in plant health and agriculture. Naturally occurring soil bacteria protect plants against disease, and improve plant growth. With global agriculture facing the...
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Press Release Rings of power – how bacteria use circadian clocks to colonise their world
Research has revealed how bacteria rely on circadian clocks to control the spread of their multi-cellular colonies
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