John Innes Centre scientists call for international investment to tackle major wheat losses
Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year
Read the storyUrgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year
Read the storyA critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology
Read the storyResearchers 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
Read the storyThe first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it is a profound event in the life of plants
Read the storyResearchers have traced the remaining last steps of the biological pathway that gives oats resistance to the deadly crop disease take-all
Read the storyWe have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life
Read the storyResearch into the important adaptive and agronomic trait of flowering time has uncovered new evidence on differences between commercial varieties of Brassica rapa and closely related model plants
Read the storyResearch has identified critical factors that enable dangerous bacteria to spread disease by surviving on surfaces in hospitals and kitchens
Read the storyWhat keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others - even those closely related - reach high for the skies?
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