Rothamsted scientists have found a new way to switch on dormant plant genes, one which does not require the insertion...
May 6, 2022
A new project, involving a number of UK research centres, is to work towards the development of high-fibre white bread....
April 26, 2022
A variety of the fungus that will heighten the ‘Phoma’ disease threat on oilseed rape and other brassicas has been...
December 17, 2021
Farmers face a ‘geographic lottery’ in terms of soil carbon sequestration, if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil...
December 13, 2021
Rothamsted Research scientists have recently made a series of unexpected discoveries within the wheat genome which, it says, should lead...
November 1, 2021
Rothamsted Research has been granted permission to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited....
September 30, 2021
August 31, 2021
In response to the recently published UK National Food Strategy, Rothamsted Research economist Dr. Taro Takahashi suggested that reduced meat...
July 22, 2021
Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue,...
June 17, 2021
The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems has been likened to creating a ‘gangsters’ paradise’ by one of the...
June 3, 2021
Chemical fertilisers reduce the number of nutrient solubilising bacteria associated with the roots of wheat, according to new research. A...
March 22, 2021
Direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought – meaning the climate...
July 7, 2020
Rothamsted scientists have bred a type of wheat specifically to improve whisky production. The group’s lead researcher says this new...
May 24, 2020
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help...
April 23, 2020
Despite concerns over a lack of genetic diversity, modern wheat has more health benefits than wheat produced at any point...
April 14, 2020
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in...
April 9, 2020
Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating...
March 19, 2020
A five-year field trial to investigate the performance of plants making heart-healthy oils has been approved by Defra. The department...
May 10, 2019
Agri-Business
8:00am
12:00pm
10:30am
May 28, 2022
