Flowering powers genetic understanding
New research from the John Innes Centre on how plants adapt their flowering to climate is also helping to unravel some of the mysteries of how genes are controlled
Read the storyNew research from the John Innes Centre on how plants adapt their flowering to climate is also helping to unravel some of the mysteries of how genes are controlled
Read the storyScientists have shown how plants can protect themselves against genetic damage caused by environmental stresses
Read the storyScientists have uncovered a gene in plants that is responsible for controlling the size of seeds, which could lead to ways of improving crops to help ensure food security in the future
Read the storyA project to combat a newly emerging disease of barley is being launched, which will pull together the efforts of plant scientists, breeders and industry to prevent this disease establishing and help UK farmers produce barley cost-effectively without additional impact on the environment
Read the storyAn international team of scientists has cracked the problem of pod shatter in brassica crops such as oilseed rape
Read the storyA new gene that provides resistance to a fungal disease responsible for millions of hectares of lost wheat yield has been discovered by scientists from the US and Israel
Read the storyA team has identified a key gene that was transferred from a Sicilian plant into a close relative in Britain, showing how genetic cross-talk between species can be important for evolution
Read the storyA breakthrough by scientists at the University of East Anglia could pave the way for new drugs that protect the human immune system from bacterial disease
Read the storyScientists have expressed genes from snapdragon in tomatoes to grow purple tomatoes high in health-protecting anthocyanins
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