Made to ORDER – a web innovation for Brassica research world-wide
Researchers have launched a new web-based genomic tool for the global Brassica research community
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Press Release Space to grow, or grow in space – how vertical farms could be ready to take-off
Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi, but there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates
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Press Release Artificial Intelligence works out the problem of seed germination tests
Researchers have taught a clever new tool how to carry out one of crop breeding’s more challenging tasks
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News Funding to study resistance genes in wild wheat will help combat rust diseases
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $650,000 grant for the study of emmer wheat – one of the very first cereals to be cultivated in agriculture
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News, Press Release Healthy Plants – Healthy People – Healthy Planet
Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet (HP³) is our vision for achieving a safer, healthier and more sustainable future through the power of plant and microbial science
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Blog Bridging the Agri-tech – biosciences gap from lab to industry
In January 2019, we introduced the Flexible Talent Mobility Award scheme (FTMA), which supports up to three-month work experience placements for scientists to experience life in industry and vice versa
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Blog Seed vaults, field experiments and being evacuated; a PhD adventure
Last month we were proud to announce that PhD student Anna Backhaus, was the recipient of a prestigious Women in Triticum (WIT) award. Here, Anna reflects on the award and an interrupted but still memorable trip to Mexico – and offers some advice for colleagues
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Press Release Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for farmers
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide farmers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest
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News Two decades of pGreen
Twenty years ago, a new technology was developed here at the John Innes Centre, which revolutionised plant transformation and genetic engineering
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