Professor Anne Osbourn has been awarded the 2023 Novozymes Prize for her pioneering work in helping to produce important drugs in greater volumes and improving the natural defence systems of plants

An international research collaboration led by the John Innes Centre has used innovative    genomic discovery methods to show how we might halt the emerging and highly destructive disease, wheat blast

A potent plant toxin with a unique way of killing harmful bacteria has emerged as one of the strongest new antibiotic candidates in decades

Reduced height, or semi-dwarf, wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in fields across the globe following an exciting scientific discovery

Longstanding theories of how plants rely on calcium waves to respond systemically to wounding and other stresses have been given fresh perspective

Innovative experiments using temperature-controlled field plots have helped to explain the link between early winter temperatures and yield in some of our most marketable arable crops

A spinout company’s dream of bringing genetically modified (GM) purple tomatoes to the gardens and plates of American home growers has moved a crucial step closer following a decision by United States regulators

The impact of environmental conditions on the dynamic structures of RNAs in living cells has been revealed by innovative technology developed by researchers at the John Innes Centre

Professor Graham Moore, a world-leading wheat researcher, will become the Director of the John Innes Centre from September 2022.