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John Innes Centre researchers have trained scientists from across Tanzania to use new loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays to rapidly detect wheat blast, a looming fungal threat to wheat harvests.
Read the storyScientists have grown wheat containing super-sized starch granules — a leap forward in biological engineering with potential benefits for our daily diets and a raft of industrial applications
Read the storyAn early-career wheat researcher has received an international award for her outstanding achievements
Read the storyMarch 2026 marked the latest milestone in the strategic partnership between the John Innes Centre and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), with a visit to CIMMYT’s Obregón field station in Mexico. Taking place during CIMMYT’s annual Visitor’s Week, which brings together researchers from across Africa, Asia, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United...
Read the storyThe Delivering Sustainable Wheat virtual training course recently returned with renewed energy, under its new name Green Horizons, offering more than 100 students from 19 UK universities a rare opportunity to engage directly with modern plant science.
Read the storyThe 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
Read the storyResearchers 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 the storyDr Eleri Tudor, Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) Programme Manager, and her colleagues attended the DSW Institute Strategic Programme (ISP) annual meeting at Rothamsted Research earlier this year. She reflects on the value of collaboration in achieving strategic aims, and how this event is vital in bringing the wheat research community together.
Read the storyJuly 2025 saw the latest Women in Wheat event, where twenty-five early career women researchers attended a training event at the John Innes Centre, focused on addressing gender bias in the UK and internationally.
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