Agri-Business
Plots aplenty at research centre thanks to Massey Ferguson
Tractor news tends to be dominated by the relentless push towards packing an ever greater number of horses under the...
John Innes Centre
Arable
Innovative plant health tool honoured in agri-tech awards
A ‘smart farming’ tool developed by a John Innes Centre researcher to help farmers apply fertiliser more efficiently has been...
Arable
Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for OSR
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide farmers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest....
Arable
It's official: Plants can tell the time
Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that...
Arable
Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalisation
New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalisation in a development that could help farmers deal with...
Agri-Business
Breakthrough in developing fast-growing broccoli
Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in the UK are developing a new line of fast-growing broccoli that goes...