Scientists uncover a genetic mechanism that could enhance yield potential in cereal crops
Solving the world’s food, feed and bioenergy challenges requires integration of multiple approaches and diverse…
Browsing: Research
How climate change alters plant growth
Global warming affects more than just plant biodiversity – it even alters the way plants…
Speed breeding technique sows seeds of new green revolution
Pioneering new technology is set to accelerate the global quest for crop improvement in a…
Back to the future
Long-term experiments continue to inform and direct agricultural science, to guide the future of farming…
Glyphosate boost in US
The federal controlled Environmental Protection Agency in the United States has stated that glyphosate, one…
Hidden threat to health
Falling levels of essential nutrients in diets around the world demand urgent action, from soil-crop-human…
NIAB chief Tina Barsby awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours List
Dr Tina Barsby, CEO of Cambridge-based crop science organisation NIAB, has been awarded an OBE…
Thirteen years to go
If agricultural production has not become sustainable by 2030, it will be “incredibly hard” to…
Harper Hands Free project to continue
The world-first project run by Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions to drill, tend and harvest a…
Mechatronics researcher awarded Nuffield Scholarship
Harper Adams University mechatronics researcher Jonathan Gill has been awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship to look…