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non-chemical pest control NRP event ATW20 feat

Agri-Tech Week 2020 NRP: Crops and non-chemical pest control – genetics, environment and biodiversity

Major breakthroughs in our understanding of pest predators and plant immune responses are offering the potential for non-chemical pest control

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13/11/2020

Stimulating debate in controlled environment agriculture

Can we really feed 40,000 people with a ‘SkyFarm’? Or will everyone in London have a ‘Personal Food Computer’ by 2040? Provocative questions…

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02/03/2020
Benefit of on-farm diagnostic for wheat rust fungi demonstrated in Ethiopia

Benefit of on-farm diagnostic for wheat rust fungi demonstrated in Ethiopia

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.

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29/08/2019
JIC discovery could pave the way for disease-resistant rice crops

John Innes Centre discovery could pave way for disease-resistant rice

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.

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21/08/2019
Barberry Carpet Moth - credit Ian Hughes, Butterfly Conservation

Citizen science project ‘Barberry Rust Explorer’ takes multi-disciplinary approach to conservation

The delicately patterned Barberry Carpet moth is one of England’s species most at threat of extinction, but its conservation could risk helping a devastating wheat disease to re-establish.

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25/03/2019
Dr Sanu Arora WIT Award

International wheat award for speed cloning researcher

John Innes scientist achieves international recognition for cutting-edge research helping to make modern wheat more resistant to pathogens.

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21/03/2019
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

First chance to hear about speedy broccoli

A new line of fast-growing sprouting broccoli that removes reliance on seasonality and could double crop production will be discussed at an Agri-Tech East event at

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21/02/2017
Dr Judith Irwin

New speedy broccoli from seed to harvest in 8 weeks

‘This new broccoli is all about speed,” says Dr Jonathan Clarke, Head of Business Development at the John Innes Centre. “It takes 8-10 weeks from

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21/02/2017

Studying Nitrogen – from Soil to Crop

Young researchers delivered lightning presentations for the ‘Emerging Agri-Tech’ session of this year’s REAP conference. Chaired by John Barrett, Director Designate of Sentry Ltd, delegates

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02/12/2016

Missing link found in nitrogen fixation

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered an important component in the process of nitrogen fixation in plants.  They have identified a key protein

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27/05/2016

Warning! Stealth slugs are coming!

According to Dr Ian Bedford, an entomologist at the John Innes Centre, slugs are not only a nuisance, but they can be “quite a dangerous

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15/12/2015
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