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Articles on Agri tech. The John Innes Centre is an independent, international centre of excellence in plant science and microbiology. Our mission is to carry out excellent fundamental and strategic research, towards generation of economic and societal impact; to train scientists; to make our findings available to society.
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
1y ago
Innovative experiments using temperature-controlled field plots have helped to explain the link between early winter temperatures and yield in some of our most marketable arable crops ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
An ambitious proposal to reinforce Norfolk and Suffolk as the global centre of excellence for plant science with a focus on nutritious food has been backed by the Department for International Trade ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
We have launched an open-source image library for journalists, writers and picture editors seeking to bring content on genome-editing and genetic modification to life ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
This month saw the launch of a new 'Life Sciences Vision' from Government. With the year that we have had, and the incredible role that research has played in combatting COVID-19 through developing diagnostics and vaccines, it’s easy to see why the Government wants to celebrate this area of science ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
Field trials investigating healthy compounds in agronomically important brassica crops have underlined the “immense potential” of gene editing technology, say researchers ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
This week is Net Zero Week so we have taken a look at the work we do to help decrease the carbon footprint of agriculture ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
Professor Ray Dixon recently talked to Alliance for Science Live about his research on nitrogen fixing bacteria and the future of engineering this process to benefit agriculture ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
To safeguard the roll out of the MARPLE diagnostics method across Ethiopia, this summer Ethiopian researchers congregated in Addis Ababa for the project’s first virtual training workshop ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
Genetic detective work has uncovered an obscure ancestor of modern bread wheat, in a finding similar to uncovering a famous long-lost relative through DNA analysis in humans ..read more
John Innes Centre » Agri-tech
2y ago
A gene which has profound effects on the production of seeds has been identified by researchers ..read more