Innovative gene stacks enhance wheat rust resistance
John Innes Centre researchers have helped in the development of pioneering gene stacking techniques to combat the growing threat of wheat rust
Read the storyJohn Innes Centre researchers have helped in the development of pioneering gene stacking techniques to combat the growing threat of wheat rust
Read the storyPlants can tell the time, but how might that knowledge help improve crop protection and food security?
Read the storyHow do we feed a growing population in a changing climate? One solution is to develop resilient crop varieties. But how can we achieve this increased resilience in crops? New John Innes Centre Group Leader Dr Sanu Arora is working on just that, so we asked her what her group will be doing?
Read the storyScientists have identified a resistance gene, Sr22, as one of the few characterised genes that protects against many stem rust races, one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat
Read the storyWheat researchers at the John Innes Centre are pioneering a new technique that promises to improve gene discovery for the globally important crop
Read the storyResearchers from the John Innes Centre and Earlham Institute have contributed to a major international collaboration that could catalyse a new era of wheat discovery
Read the storyNew UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank to safeguard future research and facilitate sustainable production of UK’s six major food crops
Read the storyGenes which confer resistance to the deadly fungal disease stem rust have been successfully transferred from wheat into barley
Read the storyThe United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $650,000 grant for the study of emmer wheat – one of the very first cereals to be cultivated in agriculture
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