Genetic study reveals how citrus became the Med’s favourite squeeze
Genetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies
Read the storyGenetic detective work has illuminated the important role of Jewish culture in the widespread adoption of citrus fruit by early Mediterranean societies
Read the storyResearchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world’s most renowned reproductive systems.
Read the storyResearchers at John Innes Centre have shed light on how catnip – also known as catmint – produces the chemical that sends cats into a state of wanton abandon
Read the storyThe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a major bacterial plant diseases research programme
Read the storyTechnology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops, by 'speed-breeding'
Read the storyCells are the building blocks of life that grow and divide to create all living things, but how cell growth and division is integrated to form structures such as plant leaves has until now remained unknown
Read the storyResearchers have found an important class of sugars in algae, that could lead to a better understanding of algal blooms
Read the storyA major grant to fund curiosity-driven research into plant communication has been awarded to a John Innes Centre researcher and colleagues from two European institutes
Read the storyThe OpenMTA, a new legal tool to enable open exchange of biological materials launched.
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