Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a development which echoes the Green Revolution of the post war period. The speed-breeding platform de... Read more
In collaboration with researchers at Nanjing Agricultural University, Dr Tony Miller from the John Innes Centre has developed rice crops with an improved ability to manage their own pH level... Read more
Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have pioneered a new gene-detecting technology which, if deployed correctly could lead to the creation of a new e... Read more
Given the opportunity to drink fifty bottles of wine or eat one tomato, which would you choose? Scientists at the John Innes Centre have found a way to produce industrial quantities of usefu... Read more
Work to unlock potential of plant life The many uses of abundant but overlooked plants – from killing slugs to treating athlete’s foot – are being investigated by scientists at Bangor Univer... Read more
