Excellence in plant and microbial science
We sat down with Crop Transformation's Mark Smedley to chat about his work on genetic crop transformation and Crispr/Cas genome editing, as well as training the next generation and how he became a scientist
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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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The Dorothea de Winton Field Station unveiled this week is a key component in a smart-farming revolution
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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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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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Researchers from across Norwich Research Park have launched a new system for organising vast datasets on climate and crops
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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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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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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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