Plants and the art of microbial maintenance
It’s been known for centuries that plants produce a diverse array of medically-valuable chemicals in their roots
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Blog Oilseed Rape and the Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Oilseed rape crops are worth £700m+ to the UK economy each year but are increasingly vulnerable to the devastating Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle. We asked PhD student Lucy Thursfield, who is working on CSFB in collaboration with French company Innolea to explain what the problem is and how we are working towards a solution
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Blog What is plant science?
Plant science involves the observation of plant growth and characteristics and investigation into the relationship between plants and their environment. But it is also much, much more...
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Press Release UK consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a major bacterial plant diseases research programme
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News Devastating plant virus is revealed in atomic detail
One of the world’s most lethal families of plant viruses has been revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study that may provide clues to preventing the global spread of the pathogen.
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News Royal Society honour for distinguished John Innes Centre scientist
Professor Cathie Martin, a project leader in metabolic biology at the John Innes Centre, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
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News European ash epidemic caused by just one or two fungal spores from East Asia
Europe’s ash dieback epidemic could have been caused by just one or two mushroom-like fruiting bodies of a fungal pathogen from Asia, according to research published today.
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News New field station makes space for innovative crop science
A new facility to assist advances in crop science is taking shape in the Norfolk countryside
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Press Release Breakthrough study reveals new insight into “immortal” plant cells
A new study has revealed an undiscovered reprogramming mechanism that allows plants to maintain fitness down the generations.
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