Managing the microbes – the key to solving the global nitrogen crisis
Experts from the UK and Brazil have joined forces to address the challenges and opportunities for agricultural nitrogen science in Florianopolis, Brazil.
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Press Release Changing of the guard – research sheds light on how plants breathe
New research is set to change the textbook understanding of how plants breathe
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Press Release Life in the fast lane: how plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. But gridlocked motorists and students of traffic flow may soon be relieved and enlightened thanks to new research into plants
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News Hormonal tug-of-war helps plant roots navigate their journey through the soil, new international study finds
A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international research team
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News Plants use calcium to convey internal warning of attacking aphids
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered how plants send internal warning signals in response to attack by aphids
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News Major new strategic investment in the John Innes Centre, in UK science and in global food security
Major new strategic investment in the John Innes Centre, in UK science and in global food security. As one of the world’s foremost research institutes, the John Innes Centre has today been awarded £77.9m[1],[2] in a series of new strategic programme investments by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Four new strategic research...
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Press Release Major new strategic investment in the John Innes Centre, in UK science and in global food security
The John Innes Centre have been awarded £77.9m, in a series of new strategic programme investments by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
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Press Release New plant research solves a colourful mystery
Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by deducing how and why strange yet colourful structures called 'anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions' occur in some plants
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Press Release How to be a successful pest: lessons from the green peach aphid
UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is one of the most destructive pests to many of our most important crops
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