Major breakthroughs in our understanding of pest predators and plant immune responses are offering the potential for non-chemical pest control
Can we really feed 40,000 people with a ‘SkyFarm’? Or will everyone in London have a ‘Personal Food Computer’ by 2040? Provocative questions…
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.
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.
John Innes scientist achieves international recognition for cutting-edge research helping to make modern wheat more resistant to pathogens.
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 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
‘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
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
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
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