Life in Horticultural Services
We asked team member and Instagram plant influencer, Sophie Able to enlighten us on what Horticultural Services can do to help plant scientists with their research
Read the storyWe asked team member and Instagram plant influencer, Sophie Able to enlighten us on what Horticultural Services can do to help plant scientists with their research
Read the storySoil is the most important natural resource we have and we are losing it at an alarming rate through degradation, erosion and desertification - much quicker than we can replace it
Read the storyDame Helen Mirren has helped renew efforts to keep plant disease Xylella fastidiosa out of the UK by narrating a new animation that warns of the devastation it causes, including the death of millions of olive trees in Europe
Read the storyResearchers have used transcriptome analysis, virus-induced gene silencing and biochemical assays, to isolate genes encoding a detoxification enzyme found in cotton, with potential for toxin degradation, crop engineering and design of novel aromatics
Read the storyWe chatted with new Group Leader Richard Smith about his computational path from computer graphics, to investigating how genes control cell growth
Read the storyAt the John Innes Centre we have 70 Controlled Environment Rooms and glasshouses, where over 7,000 plants are grown each year, all planted and looked after by our Horticultural Services team
Read the storyFor the past decade the outlook has been gloomy for European ash trees devastated by Ash dieback and facing the threat of more invasive pests, but new research brings better news for native ash trees
Read the storyMicrobial science may look at the microscopic, but the breadth of microbial research being done here at the John Innes Centre is massive, so here’s an A-Z covering some of it
Read the storyWith plant research stretching from the genetic to the gigantic, we thought it would be worth creating an A-Z of some of the key pieces of work being done here
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