Speeding breeding and other ways of feeding 10 billion people
Improvements to make crops more nutritious, disease resistant and climate smart are essential to feed a burgeoning world population. Speed breeding could be one answer
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Press Release Dorothea de Winton Field Station opens doors to a future of smart farming
The Dorothea de Winton Field Station unveiled this week is a key component in a smart-farming revolution
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Blog What is Genome Editing?
Genome Editing and Genetic Modification may sound the same, but they mean slightly different things, which has led to uncertainty, and different interpretations globally, as to how the two should be regulated
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Press Release The winter weather window that costs UK rapeseed growers millions
UK rapeseed growers are losing up to 25% of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter weather window
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News Big data harvesting tool will deliver smart farming
Researchers from across Norwich Research Park have launched a new system for organising vast datasets on climate and crops
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Press Release Rapid gene cloning technique will transform crop disease protection
Researchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops
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Blog What is the Flexible Talent Mobility Award Scheme?
For early career researchers in an academic setting, making the transition to working in industry can be a challenging one. To address the gap between academic and industrial research, BBSRC has provided funding, for Innovation Fellowships
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Press Release Space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement
Technology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops, by 'speed-breeding'
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Press Release Opening the way for global innovation in biotech
The OpenMTA, a new legal tool to enable open exchange of biological materials launched.
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