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Research Digest

The Agri-TechE Research Digest features a round-up of key agri-research findings ranging from discovery science, through to applied, translation and field scale trials results.

The search or tags can be used to find subject specific information for example: overcoming resistance, plant science, pest management, pollinators, soils. Also crop specific research such as  wheat , peas & beans.

Signal integration WEB

A central signal sorting hub has been revealed for plants

Seasonal cues such as day length and temperature influence how quickly plants grow and how well they can fend off pests and pathogens. Research by JIC has revealed the existence of a central signal sorting hub,

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26/11/2018

At last – entire wheat genome sequenced

It was considered almost impossible, but now a consortium of scientists has sequenced the huge wheat genome.  The enormous dataset will accelerate innovation in breeding resilient

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24/08/2018
rice blast pathogen

Rice ‘immune system’ protects again rice blast pathogen

The rice blast pathogen destroys enough food to feed more than 60 million people every year – almost the population of the UK. However, it

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11/07/2018
Multiple rust aecia on barberry

Forgotten stem rust harboured in barberry

Stem rust of wheat and barley has throughout history been associated with crop failure and famine, and has recently re-emerged in Western Europe 60 years

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10/02/2018

Burying carbon in soil won’t halt climate change

The idea of using crops to collect more atmospheric carbon and locking it into soil’s organic matter to offset fossil fuel emissions was launched at

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23/01/2018
Dr Brande Wulff of the John Innes Centre

Wheat from seed to seed in 8 weeks

Speed breeding techniques would allow six crops of wheat in a year, intensifying food production. A speed-breeding platform developed by teams at the John Innes

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05/01/2018

How roots respond to changes in soil revealed

A hormonal tug-of-war helps plant roots navigate their journey through the soil. As the root grows the meristem cells at the tip continuously divide, they are

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02/10/2017
Using earthworms as indicators of soil health 2

Organic material boosts yields by 10 percent revealed by research

Organic materials have an important role in stimulating biological activity and as a result yields increase quickly. This indicates that the value goes beyond its

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02/10/2017
Biological 'lure and kill' system for bean weevils shows promise

Biological ‘lure and kill’ system for bean weevils shows promise

A biological control system for beetle pests of peas and beans would reduce the need for blanket insecticide application and help to reduce the issues with resistance.

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28/07/2017
Engineered wheat contains double the iron

Engineered wheat contains double the iron

Problems of iron deficiency could be alleviated with white flour made from the engineered wheat contains twice the typical amount of iron; something that cannot

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28/07/2017
Plants use chemical defence against peach potato aphid

Plants use chemical defence against peach potato aphid

When attacked by aphids crop plants defend themselves by releasing more calcium to help repair the damaged cells. Professor Dale Sanders of John Innes Centre, one

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28/07/2017
Polymarker

PolyMarker tools to help breeders access new research

A major hurdle to the uptake of research into new wheat varieties is that breeders do not have the specialist bioinformatics training required to utilise the latest

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24/06/2017
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