Scientists say agriculture is good for honey bees
While recent media reports have condemned a commonly used agricultural pesticide as detrimental to honey…
Browsing: Agronomy
New fertiliser company launches with a ‘back to the future’ approach to crop nutrition services
A team of fertiliser industry veterans has launched a new crop nutrition company in Norfolk.…
Professor Graham Moore recognised for exceptional contribution to wheat research
John Innes Centre scientist Professor Graham Moore and University of Bristol’s Professor Keith Edwards have…
Digging deeper: Irish/Dutch research finds a hidden carbon sink in the soils beneath our feet.
Research on grasslands in Ireland, supervised by Prof Gary Lanigan (Teagasc – the Irish Agriculture…
Questioning the feasibility of the “4 per 1000” goal to sequester carbon in soil and slow climate change
UN plans to mitigate global warming by burying atmospheric carbon in the ground to enrich…
Fungicide resistance to three main groups found in Ramularia in Germany
A recent finding suggesting that the barley disease Ramularia is potentially resistant to three of…
£1.7million investment for Bristol cereal genomics group
The University of Bristol has been awarded £1.7 million by the UK Biotechnology and Biological…
Leading Irish R&D company commits to UK agriculture despite Brexit uncertainty
Despite uncertainty in how UK agriculture will fare in the lead up to and post-Brexit,…
Pathogen uses light to facilitate invasion of wheat plant
Researchers at The University of Western Australia in collaboration with The Australian National University have…
Professor Allan Downie awarded Adam Kondorosi prize for Plant Sciences
Professor Downie, Emeritus Fellow at the John Innes Centre has been awarded the first Adam…