Identifying the gene for an interesting trait that might help you breed better crops isn’t always easy – especially if you’re working with wheat or barley

A new paper explains why plant breeders have found it difficult to produce wheat varieties which combine high yield and good resistance to Septoria, a disease in wheat which can cut yield losses by up to 50%

Scientists from Dr Cristobal Uauy’s laboratory have developed a new open access online wheat training hub to support researchers currently working on wheat or hoping to make the transition to work on this important crop

Scientists at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new elite variety of wheat with durable resistance to disease

Scientists at The John Innes Centre and The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) have developed a free online tool that will help a global community of scientists understand more about important food crops

With the announcement that ‘Kranich’ yellow rust race has been detected in the UK for the first time, together with an increase in fungal infection among previously resistant varieties, a new approach to disease management and prediction, Field Pathogenomics, is to be welcomed

A new virtual Joint Centre brings together major UK and Indian researchers with programmes on wheat improvement to determine the genetic control of nitrogen use efficiency in wheat

A more complete and accurate wheat genome assembly is now available to researchers

Scientists investigating how to control take-all, a fungus that lives in soil and infects wheat roots to cause disease, have discovered that different varieties of wheat have distinct and lasting impacts on the health of the soil in which they are grown