Improving Kiwifruit sustainability
We are working with Zespri, the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, to develop sustainable solutions against a devastating bacterial pathogen of kiwifruit
Read about improving kiwifruit sustainabilityThrough our plant and microbial science, we are able to improve agricultural productivity world-wide.
We work on various aspects of crop improvement, including crop yield, disease and pest resistance, disease diagnostics, soil health, stress tolerance and climate adaptability, contributing to improvement of agricultural productivity all over the world.
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Molecular breeding to enhance wheat in Kenya and Ethiopia
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and BecA-ILRI Hub have implemented a fast and easy-to-use genotyping technology, Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP), which has allowed African wheat researchers to drive their own research in Africa
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New surveillance gives time to track wheat rust
Scientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies – wheat rusts
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From Kale to Kathmandu
Sharing the knowledge we gain is an important and rewarding part of being a scientist. Recent work between plant pathologists at the John Innes Centre and plant breeding companies in the UK and Nepal are a great example
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Returning wheat germplasm to India
Our Germplasm Resources Unit have recently repatriated to India more than 600 wheat landraces which are currently not in cultivation
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