January 7, 2025

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Pathogen-host database refocuses on genes - PHI-base provides a comprehensive resource for deeper insights into pathogens and their hosts

April 22, 2024

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The optics of pest insect invasions - Light based sensors could provide early warning of pollen beetle infestation in oilseed rape

March 4, 2024

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Could compaction-busting crops become a reality? (Farmers Weekly)

February 13, 2024

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Companion plants reduce cabbage stem flea beetle damage on oilseed rape - Nature-friendly approaches could help control persistent pest

September 8, 2023

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The computer model that predicts fungicide resistance

July 4, 2023

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New tools for disease detectives - New curation resources will accelerate the study of interactions between species

June 13, 2023

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Rothamstedt Research and partners bring the latest developments from their enhanced rock weathering project to Cereals 2023 - Adding rock dust to fields could absorb 45% of CO2 needed to meet net-zero targets

March 27, 2023

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United Kingdom - Farms producing wider range of produce would offset the impact of climate variability on food supply - Study underlines need for flexibility in future government agricultural policy

February 8, 2023

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Genome boos for nature-friendly pest control - New open resource will accelerate research towards better targeted crop protection

December 21, 2022

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Chinese farm practice may offer clue to improved oilseed rape disease control - Rotating OSR with rice cultivation may impede sexual reproduction of blackleg fungus

October 28, 2021

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New target for crop genetic improvement found - Researchers uncover ‘potential gold-mine’ for plant breeders

April 15, 2021

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Mining the mother lode - Search tool uncovering new findings amongst the mountains of data

April 8, 2020

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Gene breakthrough in fight against weeds - Development is a 'game-changer' for lab studies into herbicide resistance

November 28, 2019

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Rothamsted Research's pest, weed and disease app CROPROTECT has received a major new update

June 22, 2018

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First step to lasting wheat health - Long-term trials at Rothamsted Research have confirmed how the devastating take-all root fungus of cereal crops can be contained by careful choice of the varieties grown

May 22, 2018

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Crop immunisation can root out take-all fungus - Natural use of biology to control disease in crops is the Holy Grail of agriculture, and a team of young researchers has found a way of easing cereals’ risks from a deadly root pathogen

March 22, 2018

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Keys to bee-friendly neonics - Two enzymes, one in the honeybee and one in the bumblebee, may hold the keys to a new generation of pesticides that protect crops without threatening the pollinators' brainpower

Breakthrough could aid development of bee-friendly pesticides

March 7, 2018

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Closed door: plant with a stoma for drought - Rothamsted Research comments on findings that promise plants primed to need much less water for the same yield, which would be both environmental boon and drought saviour

February 12, 2018

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Weeds our of control - Spraying weeds with chemicals has always been costly. Now it is costly and ineffective, with resistance to herbicides pervasive and demanding a new strategy to protect crops

Another blow to fungal infection - For the first time, researchers have isolated a natural resistance gene to Septoria, Europe's most economically damaging wheat disease and a fungal threat to wheat crops globally

Thrips know their onions - Rapid studies of a pest infestation of salad onions and leeks have confirmed that one of the few treatments available to UK growers to protect their crops no longer works effectively

February 7, 2018

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Sweet way to greater yields - A promising technique that makes maize more productive even in droughts has now been unpicked and looks set to do the same for a range of other crops, including wheat and rice

December 21, 2017

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Rust stemmed for wheat - The threat to global food security from the fungal pathogen that causes stem rust in wheat has eased but an "ongoing arms race" needs constant vigilance

Wheat disease breakthrough to help feed the world - Scientists have isolated the very first rust pathogen gene that wheat plants detect to 'switch on' resistance

December 11, 2017

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Natural route masters - Bumblebees regularly tackle the Travelling Salesman Problem to improve their foraging routes, a skill that promises to yield solutions in the fields of robotics and logistics

October 11, 2017

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Gotcha: the gene that takes the fun out of fungus - Discovery of a gene that turns fungi into pathogens presents chemists with a target for fungicides that could bring relief to arable farmers, vegetable growers and people

September 20, 2017

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Driving out Phytophthora infestans with dual control - Crop scientists have confirmed another tool for the armoury to control plant diseases whose pathogens can mirror the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria in humans

September 7, 2017

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Visualising data connections promises faster discoveries - Knowledge Network Miner (KnetMiner), a new software collaboration makes a vast range of biological databases more accessible for exploitation

July 26, 2017

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GM plants promise fish oils aplenty - A new study highlights the complexity of plant lipid metabolism, the challenges of manipulating biosynthetic pathways and the rewards of being able to predict outcomes