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.
The best defence against wheat rust fungi is to grow varieties resistant to infection and now scientists have developed MARPLE, a hand-held DNA sequencing device, that can define the precise strain of the wheat rust fungus in a farmer’s field within just 48 hours of collecting samples.
Researchers from the John Innes Centre with colleagues in Japan have found that unusual protein activity in rice could be explored to give the crops an edge over devastating rice blast disease.
There is greater consensus over Sustainable Intensification practices by farmers than originally thought, offering indicators to policymakers
A major new study of Holstein dairy sires has confirmed that genomic indexes are a reliable predictor of actual daughter performance.
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,
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
The rice blast pathogen destroys enough food to feed more than 60 million people every year – almost the population of the UK. However, it
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
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
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
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
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