An international life in science
One of the reasons I love science is because it is so international and encourages you to move around, meet new people and grow as a person.
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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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Press Release New genomic tool searches wheat’s wild past to improve crops of the future
Crowd-funded resource is launched by an international consortium.
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Press Release Temperature resilient crops now an “achievable dream”
Breeding temperature-resilient crops is an “achievable dream” in one of the most important species of commercially-cultivated plants
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Press Release First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare for the potential re-emergence of a forgotten crop pathogen, a new study advises today.
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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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Blog Meet the Molecules; β-ODAP
We have known about the effects of β-ODAP (or to give it its full name; β-L-oxalyl-2,3-diaminopropionic acid) for a lot longer than we have known the molecule.
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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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Blog What is plant transformation?
This blog was originally published on Erica's blog; Scientist Erica and has been reproduced here with her consent.
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