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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Press Release Call for clarity after EU ruling on gene-edited crops
The John Innes Centre has joined a call for the Government to address the implications of a European Union judicial ruling that classes gene-edited crops as Genetically Modified Organisms
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News Nitrogen fixation engineering in cereal crops moves a step closer
A new way of engineering nitrogen fixation has been discovered by a UK-China research team, bringing us one step closer to realising the goal of engineering a range of crops to fix their own nitrogen
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Press Release Previously grainy wheat genome comes into focus
The complete sequence of the huge wheat genome has been published, which will accelerate innovation in breeding resilient and disease resistant crops to feed a growing global population
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Blog Nanopore sequencing for plant disease diagnostics in Ethiopia
Following extensive training at the John Innes Centre, our visiting scientist Abel Debebe Mitiku will lead the deployment of the first real-time, mobile diagnostics platform for wheat yellow rust in Ethiopia this summer.
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Press Release Wheat research discovery yields genetic secrets that could shape future crops
A new study has isolated a gene controlling shape and size of spikelets in wheat in a breakthrough which could help breeders deliver yield increases in one of the world’s most important crops.
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Blog Creating a baby-leaf kale resistant to downy mildew
Downy mildew in baby leaf kale, could be a thing of the past, thanks to a recent collaboration between industry and science.
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Press Release Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period.
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Press Release Scientists remove reliance on seasonality in new line of broccoli – potentially doubling crop production
Scientists at the John Innes Centre are developing a new line of fast-growing sprouting broccoli that goes from seed to harvest in 8-10 weeks
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