A new, free online course aimed at 16-19 year olds across Europe, aims to inspire young people to study science so they can help to create food of the future

One of the biggest global challenges of the 21st century has brought members of the international research community together to assess the next steps for research

Researchers have uncovered an unusual protein activity in rice that can be explored to give crops an edge in the evolutionary arms race against rice blast disease, a major threat to rice production around the world

Scientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies - wheat rusts

What if, under certain environmental conditions, production of these molecules gave a selection advantage to Streptomyces formicae: could the organism adapt (evolve) rapidly, maybe even through a single mutation, to produce much higher levels of the formicapyridines?

Scientists at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), along with partners at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and elsewhere warn that we are not fully prepared to tackle the rise in new epidemics of plant diseases

A new tool has been created to explain how tissue growth leads to the range of plant and animal forms we see around us

John Innes Centre researcher Dr Diane Saunders has received a major award for her pioneering work in helping to combat global crop pathogens

Field trials of wheat biofortified to produce white flour with extra iron have begun following approval by the Government