Hereditary information is passed from parent to offspring in the genetic code, DNA, and epigenetically through chemically induced modifications around the DNA. New research has uncovered a mechanism which adjusts these modifications, altering the way information beyond the genetic code is passed down the generations

Professor Dame Caroline Dean has joined some of the world’s most eminent scientists in receiving honours from the Wolf Foundation

Field trials investigating healthy compounds in agronomically important brassica crops have underlined the “immense potential” of gene editing technology, say researchers

Ever since scientists discovered cells under the microscope more than 350 years ago, they have noted that each type of cell has a characteristic size. From tiny bacteria to inches-long neurons, size matters for how cells work. The question of how these building blocks of life regulate their own size, however, has remained a mystery

Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year

A critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology

Researchers have found the elusive genetic element controlling the elongated grains and glumes of a wheat variety identified by the renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus more than 250 years ago

The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profound event in the life of plants

Researchers have traced the remaining last steps of the biological pathway that gives oats resistance to the deadly crop disease take-all