Innovative surveillance technique gives vital time needed to track a cereal killer
Scientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies - wheat rusts
Read the storyScientists have created a new mobile surveillance technique to rapidly diagnose one of agriculture’s oldest enemies - wheat rusts
Read the storyScientists from the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory today joined colleagues from across Europe in calling for an urgent rethink of EU legislation on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Read the storyWe 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
Read the storyGenome 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
Read the storyJohn Innes Centre researcher Dr Diane Saunders has received a major award for her pioneering work in helping to combat global crop pathogens
Read the storyIn 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
Read the storyPlant science involves the observation of plant growth and characteristics and investigation into the relationship between plants and their environment. But it is also much, much more...
Read the storyResearchers have pioneered a new method which allows them to rapidly recruit disease resistance genes from wild plants and transfer them into domestic crops
Read the storyResearchers have genetically transformed the Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris) for the first time in a development that could shed light on one of the plant world’s most renowned reproductive systems.
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