A fascinating blow-by-blow account of the arms struggle between plants and viral pathogens is revealed in new research.

Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period.

A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.

The John Innes Centre has become the first institution in the UK to achieve an Athena SWAN Gold Award.

New research is set to change the textbook understanding of how plants breathe

Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. But gridlocked motorists and students of traffic flow may soon be relieved and enlightened thanks to new research into plants

Millions of fish-deaths caused by toxic Prymnesium algal blooms could be prevented with the application of a household chemical best known for bleaching hair, breakthrough research has revealed

Untangling the genetics that control and regulate the yield of a crop is a complicated, but potentially rewarding puzzle

Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what is hoped to be a major step towards global eradication of the disease.