What is Genome Editing?
Genome Editing and Genetic Modification may sound the same, but they mean slightly different things, which has led to uncertainty, and different interpretations globally, as to how the two should be regulated
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Blog Oilseed Rape and the Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle
Oilseed rape crops are worth £700m+ to the UK economy each year but are increasingly vulnerable to the devastating Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle. We asked PhD student Lucy Thursfield, who is working on CSFB in collaboration with French company Innolea to explain what the problem is and how we are working towards a solution
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Press Release The winter weather window that costs UK rapeseed growers millions
UK rapeseed growers are losing up to 25% of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter weather window
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Blog Improving the iron content of Tanzanian beans
In 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
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News Big data harvesting tool will deliver smart farming
Researchers from across Norwich Research Park have launched a new system for organising vast datasets on climate and crops
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Press Release Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalization
New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations
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Press Release Ladybird, ladybird found a new home
Insect-studying researchers have thanked the public for their help in establishing a thriving new colony of ladybirds at the John Innes Centre
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Press Release Space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement
Technology first used by NASA to grow plants extra-terrestrially is fast tracking improvements in a range of crops, by 'speed-breeding'
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Blog Balancing species conservation with cereal Rust resilience
Re-planting of Barberry bushes might be the last chance to save the endangered Barberry Carpet Moth (Pareulype berberata), but suggested conservation methods could come at the cost of a UK cereal crop epidemic
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