Innovative gene stacks enhance wheat rust resistance
John Innes Centre researchers have helped in the development of pioneering gene stacking techniques to combat the growing threat of wheat rust
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Blog Could circadian timing help improve crop protection?
Plants can tell the time, but how might that knowledge help improve crop protection and food security?
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Press Release Gene-editing produces tenfold increase in superbug slaying antibiotics
Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics
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News Sweet success for sugar beet research bid
A leading John Innes Centre researcher and colleagues have been awarded European funding to develop innovative molecular solutions to combat a damaging sugar beet virus
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News, Press Release A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive
A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed
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Blog How do we feed a growing population in a changing climate?
How do we feed a growing population in a changing climate? One solution is to develop resilient crop varieties. But how can we achieve this increased resilience in crops? New John Innes Centre Group Leader Dr Sanu Arora is working on just that, so we asked her what her group will be doing?
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News Oilseed rape research challenges previous thinking on flowering time
Research has shed new light on the molecular mechanisms that allow crops to synchronise flowering with favourable conditions
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News Study finds large-scale expansion of stem rust resistance gene in barley and oat
Scientists have identified a resistance gene, Sr22, as one of the few characterised genes that protects against many stem rust races, one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat
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Press Release Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines
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