August 09
Potato blight
plight looks promising for food security
May 09
BBSRC launches
consultation on future research for food security
April 09
Changing climate
will lead to devastating loss of phosphorus from soil
United Kingdom's
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announces
new national centre to analyse plant, animal and microbial
genomes
February 09
BBSRC awards UK
scientists £1.7 million to analyse the genomes of five varieties
of wheat
January 09
United Kingdom's
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council announces
biggest ever public investment in bioenergy
December 08
New research
shows how a bacterium disables tomato plant's intruder detection
systems
August 08
Aphids are
sentinels of climate change
March 08
Molecular tools to
identify resistance sources to wheat yellow rust
Scientists uncover
a novel mechanism that regulates carbon dioxide fixation in
plants
February 08
Major
scientific push to tackle agricultural productivity and food
security in developing world
January 08
BBSRC research
shows that diversionary tactics save crops from pests in
developing countries
November 07
New research to
help fight widespread potato disease
Genes
identified to protect brassicas from Turnip mosaic virus
October 07
New research into plant colours
sheds light on antioxidants
August 07
Range and
severity of a plant disease increased by global warming
July 07
Mother knows best - even how to
improve crop yield
March 07
Scientists uncover
how poppies prevent inbreeding
January 07
Coping with
climate change in the UK countryside
Biotechnology
and Biological Sciences Research Council awards £13M to harness
science for better crops
September 06
International awards
boost crop science research
L’INRA et le BBSRC
lancent trois projets de recherche communs sur les plantes d’intérêt
agronomique
July 06
Sainsbury Laboratory hires
Professor Sophien Kamoun, world expert in potato late blight
June 06
Research may reduce global
need for nitrogen fertilizers
April 06
BBSRC announces investment of £27 million
in
next
generation bioscience centres
January 06
Growing crops to cope
with climate change
Sun protection for
plants
July 05
Whisky fans can
drink to crop research
Scientists at
University of Nottingham and CIMMYT to develop higher yielding
wheat varieties for the UK
June 05
A better understanding of gene
flow
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