Agriculture should not attempt to copy nature
“While agriculture should certainly learn from nature, we mustn’t be fixated on it. After all,…
Browsing: Agronomy
Unique wheat passes the test
A unique, patented wheat can have significant importance to agriculture, the environment and undernourished people…
Commission clears merger between Dow and DuPont, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed merger between US-based…
A step forward to making crops tolerant to severe drought
An international consortium of researchers led by Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, has…
The John Innes Centre celebrates 50 Years in Norwich in 2017
2017 marks 50 years since the John Innes Institute moved from Bayfordbury near Hertford to…
Loss of SPD means growers need to look elsewhere
With the loss of a popular triticonazole and prochloraz product, growers will have fewer seed…
New plant research solves a colourful mystery
Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by…
Survey shows wheat growers massively in favour of early disease prevention
UK wheat growers are now massively in favour of preventing disease gaining a foothold early…
Flower-rich habitats increase survival of bumblebee families
New research led by the UK’s Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has revealed for the…
So far, so good…and spotlight on rodenticide use is here to stay
Any notion that the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime might be a toothless tiger is dispelled…