What is Genome Editing?
Genome 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
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Press Release Plants and the art of microbial maintenance
It’s been known for centuries that plants produce a diverse array of medically-valuable chemicals in their roots
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Press Release The winter weather window that costs UK rapeseed growers millions
UK rapeseed growers are losing up to 25% of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter weather window
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Blog Improving the iron content of Tanzanian beans
In 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
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Press Release Chinese-UK project reveals ancient secrets of medicinal mint
The precious chemistry of a plant used for 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine has been unlocked in a project that raises the prospect of rapid access to a wide array of therapeutic drugs
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Press Release Team wins funding to probe epigenetic memory mechanisms
An ambitious scientific investigation into how organisms remember environmental changes at a cellular level has been awarded European funding
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Blog What is plant science?
Plant 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...
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Press Release How Capsella followed its lonely heart
The Brassicaceae plant family boasts a stunning diversity of fruit shapes. But even in this cosmopolitan company the heart-shaped seed pods of the Capsella genus stand out
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Press Release Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalization
New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations
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