Arable
A new study from Rothamsted Research has helped to identify microbial compounds with the potential to become future fungicide leads.
Rothamsted Research has drilled the first crop in the UK to receive a Precision Bred Organism (PBO) Release Notice.
Environment
Field trials have confirmed the environmental risks linked to the conversion of permanent or improved grassland to arable farming.
A newly identified strain of yellow rust is threatening winter wheat crops, prompting research in the UK to protect future harvests.
Crop scientists at Rothamsted Research have found that an olive oil extract slows the processes by which insecticide resistance builds up.
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have discovered that pre-emergent herbicides affect blackgrass in strikingly different ways.
For decades, boosting photosynthesis rates has been viewed as the holy grail within the world of...
Rothamsted scientists have identified a natural, in-built, defence mechanism against BYDV in a heritage wheat variety, Triticum monococcum.
There is a growing expectation that AI will be used to help deal with the threat of blackgrass weed infections in cereal crops
Results emanating from the world’s longest cereal production trial has shown that long-term use of fertilisers can boost soil carbon stocks
Rothamsted scientists have uncovered how a family of genes in wheat fine-tunes the plant’s growth and grain development
Disease control within crop production systems has been very much centred on the development of complex organic chemicals such as fungicides
An international team of scientists has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms
A global phosphorous summit is planned for Ghana next month as fears grow for the sustainable use of this key plant nutrient
Enhancing individual plants’ sugar signalling ability could deliver increased wheat yields of up to 12%, according to a new study
Oilseed rape is regarded as a ‘go-to’ break crop within Irish tillage rotations. But like many other brassicas, it can attract numerous pests.
N.Ireland
Scientists at Rothamsted Research have developed a new mathematical model for seed germination.
A ‘killer gene’ that leads to the synthesis of a protein known as ‘Knr4’ may be the key to what makes some fungal pathogens so virulent...
A new initiative has been launched to improve female representation in wheat research carried out in the United Kingdom (UK)...
Varietal testing, carried out by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), has confirmed a plateau in modern wheat yields...
Europe’s first gene-edited wheat and barley crop trials to be held on conventional farms, will...
Some livestock farmers in the UK have expressed an unwillingness to adopt greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring beetle numbers...
