Excellence in plant and microbial science
An innovative method of controlling a range of damaging crop diseases using native, beneficial soil bacteria has emerged from a research-industry collaboration.
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Carrots, ants, snails, strawberries, mice, and major cereal crops are just a few of the many organisms that can be turned into zombies: kept alive on life support under the manipulating spell of parasites
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Researchers have shed light on a long-standing mystery concerning how fungal spores are released and dispersed
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A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food crops
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An ambitious collaboration between the John Innes Centre and the University of Hertfordshire will fast track urgently needed solutions to the growing problem of crop diseases
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Field trials investigating healthy compounds in agronomically important brassica crops have underlined the “immense potential” of gene editing technology, say researchers
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James Canham is a PhD student who used his PiPs placement at Pwani University in Kenya to establish a new research consortium, the success of which has helped earn him a UEA Engagement Award
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A critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology
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Professor Saskia Hogenhout has been elected a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) in recognition of her pioneering career
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