The spacing of stomata, the pores through which plants breathe, is key to maximising the plant's breathing and how this spacing was achieved has, until now, been a mystery

Plants produce a vast array of natural products, many of which we find useful for making things such as drugs

An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage type of Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape

Scientists on the Norwich Research Park, working with colleagues in China, have developed new techniques that will aid the application of genomics to breeding the improved varieties of crop needed to ensure food security in the future

For the first time, scientists have identified a mutation in plants that was selected twice - during both natural evolution and domestication

Scientists have developed a new high-throughput method for extracting RNA from Arabidopsis plants

Plants are able to protect themselves from most bacteria, but some bacteria are able to breach their defences

RevGenUK, the mutation detection service based at the John Innes Centre is poised to take advantage of the newest advances in genomic technology, supported by The Genome Analysis Centre Capacity and Capability Challenge Programme

John Innes Centre researchers are working with plant breeders to understand more about the economically important fungal disease, eyespot and identify novel sources of genetic resistance to the disease that could be used to protect our cereal crops