John Innes and apple breeding
Fruit breeding was important in shaping the early history of the John Innes Institute
Read the storyFruit breeding was important in shaping the early history of the John Innes Institute
Read the storyNew research from the John Innes Centre and the Central Science Laboratory could help breeders to develop pea varieties able to withstand drought stress and climate change
Read the storyA new project is being launched at the John Innes Centre in Norwich to help geneticists understand how plants grow
Read the storyFor any multicellular organism to work, it is essential that one cell can talk to another
Read the storyThe beauty of nature is partly due to the uniformity of leaf and flower size in individual plants, and scientists have discovered how plants arrive at these aesthetic proportions
Read the storyA collaboration between researchers in Switzerland, the UK and France has led to the solution of the first crystal structure of a member of the Rhesus protein family and thereby shed new light on a group of proteins of great importance in human transfusion medicine
Read the storyScientists have made an important advance in understanding the genetic processes that give flowers, leaves and plants their bright colours
Read the storyScientists have discovered how plant stem cells in roots detect soil structure and whether it is favourable for growth
Read the storyThe riddle of the Unicorn remains but at least scientists now have a more rigorous mathematical and experimental framework in which to consider such issues
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