Agri-Business
High-fibre white bread could soon become a reality
A new project, involving a number of UK research centres, is to work towards the development of high-fibre white bread....
Agri-Business
A new project, involving a number of UK research centres, is to work towards the development of high-fibre white bread....
Arable
A variety of the fungus that will heighten the 'Phoma' disease threat on oilseed rape and other brassicas has been...
Arable
Farmers face a ‘geographic lottery’ in terms of soil carbon sequestration, if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil...
Arable
Rothamsted Research scientists have recently made a series of unexpected discoveries within the wheat genome which, it says, should lead...
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Rothamsted Research has been granted permission to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited....
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Rothamsted Research has been granted permission to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited....
Beef
In response to the recently published UK National Food Strategy, Rothamsted Research economist Dr. Taro Takahashi suggested that reduced meat...
Arable
Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue,...
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The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems has been likened to creating a ‘gangsters’ paradise’ by one of the...
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Chemical fertilisers reduce the number of nutrient solubilising bacteria associated with the roots of wheat, according to new research. A...
Beef
Direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought – meaning the climate...
Arable
Rothamsted scientists have bred a type of wheat specifically to improve whisky production. The group’s lead researcher says this new...
Agri-Business
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield and asking farmers to help...
Agri-Business
Despite concerns over a lack of genetic diversity, modern wheat has more health benefits than wheat produced at any point...
Arable
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop improvement to be used in...
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Research by Rothamsted has helped put an economic figure on herbicide resistance in black-grass, the farmland weed that is decimating...
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A five-year field trial to investigate the performance of plants making heart-healthy oils has been approved by Defra. The department...
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Research at Rothamsted has examined how fungal cell surface receptors – which work a bit like the taste receptors on...