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The UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, prompting an urgent mobilisation of research institutes to protect harvests
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The John Innes Centre and its industrial and academic partners have been awarded UK Government funding to help deliver four ambitious projects that unleash the potential of precision breeding
Read about sugar beet, oilseed rape, tomatoes and dandelions: four precision breeding projects win major funding to support uk agriculture
Researchers at the John Innes Centre and the Earlham Institute are pioneering powerful single-cell visualisation techniques that could unlock higher yields of global wheat
Read about innovations in spatial imaging could unlock higher wheat yields
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Dr Hassan Salem will be joining the John Innes Centre in early 2026.
Read about dr hassan salem to lead independent research group on plant-insect interactions
Researchers from the John Innes Centre and Quadram Institute are launching one of the first human trials of gene edited food, to understand whether biofortifying tomatoes in this way leads to higher levels of vitamin D in the blood after people have eaten them
Read about need a winter warmer? groundbreaking gene-edited tomato soup trial, with higher levels of ‘sunshine’ vitamin, recruiting now
Addressing critical challenges in wheat health, yield, and production in order to safeguard the future of this vital global staple crop
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Delivering genetic diversity and knowledge, innovative technologies and training to allow sustainable production of robust high-yielding crops including oilseed rape, pea, cereals and Brassica vegetables to identify and overcome key challenges caused by our changing climate
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Unlock the remarkable and under-exploited biosynthetic capabilities of plants and microbes to make valuable new molecules to address global challenges of food security and human health
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Delivering new solutions to promote beneficial interactions and disease/pest resistance in crops of both national and global significance
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Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.
Read about ‘Could this fundamental discovery revolutionise fertiliser use in farming?’
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