A team of scientists from the John Innes Centre (JIC), the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) have successfully transferred a receptor that recognises bacteria from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana - a dicot, to wheat – a monocot.
A new study into the generalist parasite Albugo candida (A. candida), cause of white rust of brassicas, has revealed key insights into the evolution of plant diseases to aid agriculture and global food security.
The Sainsbury Laboratory’s Head of Synthetic Biology, Dr Nicola Patron, has been awarded a SynBio LEAP Fellowship, and will help shape the future of the field.
Prof Cyril Zipfel and his team have discovered a new way to manipulate plant immunity, which could lead to the development of new, disease-resistant crop varieties.
Seven scientific teams have joined forces in the fight against rust fungi which can cut crop yields by up to 80 percent. The newly formed Norwich Rust Group aims to develop durable resistance in crops.
