Gene-editing discovery yields high promise for wheat fertility in a changing climate
A gene which has profound effects on the production of seeds has been identified by researchers
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Press Release How bread wheat got its gluten: Tracing the impact of a long-lost relative on modern bread wheat
Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a finding similar to uncovering a famous long-lost relative through DNA analysis in humans
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Press Release Unravelling fungal spore release mechanics to guide policy on barberry planting
Researchers have shed light on a long-standing mystery concerning how fungal spores are released and dispersed
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Blog Going virtual: MARPLE diagnostics training in the Covid era
To safeguard the roll out of the MARPLE diagnostics method across Ethiopia, this summer Ethiopian researchers congregated in Addis Ababa for the project’s first virtual training workshop
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Blog Uncovering secrets in the giant wheat genome; Introducing Dr Philippa Borrill
We’re delighted to be welcoming back Dr Philippa Borrill as our newest Group Leader. We sat down with Philippa, a former PhD student and research fellow here, to find out what she would be working on and what she’s been up to since we saw her last
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Blog How can we produce more food on less land?
Cereal crops like wheat will have a particularly important role in future food security, yet their worldwide yields have plateaued. With agricultural land at a premium, one of the most urgent global challenges is to increase food production without expanding agricultural land area
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Blog Molecular breeding to enhance wheat in Kenya and Ethiopia
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and BecA-ILRI Hub have implemented a fast and easy-to-use genotyping technology, Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP), which has allowed African wheat researchers to drive their own research in Africa
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Blog Returning wheat germplasm to India
Our Germplasm Resources Unit have recently repatriated to India more than 600 wheat landraces which are currently not in cultivation
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News Sreya Ghosh selected for Forbes Under 30 list
Sreya Ghosh, a postdoctoral wheat researcher at the John Innes Centre, has been named on the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list 2021
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