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.
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
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.
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
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
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
A common insect larva that eats beeswax has been found to break down chemical bonds in the plastic used for packaging and shopping bags at
A plant protein vital to chemical signalling between plants and fungi has been discovered, revealing more about the communication processes underlying symbiosis – the mutually
Wheat plants respond to the presence of neighbours, including blackgrass, by changing the length of their roots, according to authors Stéphanie Swarbreck and Julia Davies. Blackgrass
The wheat genome contains 17 billion bases – that’s five times the size of the human genome which has made it more difficult to sequence.
Insect pollination is important for oilseed rape but some varieties provide an inferior source of nectar. Scientists researching the issue have found that the breeding system