Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for OSR May 27, 2020 Arable A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide farmers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest. Researchers made the…
It’s official: Plants can tell the time March 20, 2020 Arable Research carried out at the UK’s John Innes Centre has confirmed that plants have a circadian clock, similar to that found in humans…
Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalisation February 18, 2019 Arable New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalisation in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather…
Breakthrough in developing fast-growing broccoli February 28, 2017 Scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in the UK are developing a new line of fast-growing broccoli that goes from seed to…
