Sweet success for sugar beet research bid
A leading John Innes Centre researcher and colleagues have been awarded European funding to develop innovative molecular solutions to combat a damaging sugar beet virus
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Blog How do we feed a growing population in a changing climate?
How do we feed a growing population in a changing climate? One solution is to develop resilient crop varieties. But how can we achieve this increased resilience in crops? New John Innes Centre Group Leader Dr Sanu Arora is working on just that, so we asked her what her group will be doing?
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News Oilseed rape research challenges previous thinking on flowering time
Research has shed new light on the molecular mechanisms that allow crops to synchronise flowering with favourable conditions
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News Study finds large-scale expansion of stem rust resistance gene in barley and oat
Scientists have identified a resistance gene, Sr22, as one of the few characterised genes that protects against many stem rust races, one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat
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Press Release Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines
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News Novel haplotype-led approach to increase the precision of wheat breeding
Wheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve gene discovery for the globally important crop
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Press Release Landmark study generates first genomic atlas for worldwide wheat
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and Earlham Institute have contributed to a major international collaboration that could catalyse a new era of wheat discovery
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News A molecular roadmap to the plant immune system
The latest advances in our understanding of the plant immune system are mapped out in a new review by John Innes Centre researchers
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News New collaboration working to develop crops with healthier, more resistant starch
Researchers working to develop crops with healthier, more resistant starch at the Quadram Institute and John Innes Centre are partnering with the John Innes Foundation, who will be funding a two year collaborative research programme
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