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Rothamsted Research ranked in top ten UK institutions for environment and ecology research 27 July 2010 Rothamsted Research ranks eighth in UK institutions which have produced the most influential papers of the last decade

The re-emergence of a destructive cereal disease poses a threat to UK wheat production 14 July 2010 Symptomless Fusarium Ear Blight means that although plants appears healthy, the infection could already be beyond control

Aphids mount multiple defence strategies to resist insecticides 28 June 2010 Recent cases of resistance represent a threat to the long-term effectiveness of neonicotinoid insecticides against the peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae

Journey to centre of the Earth: the first 23cm 25 June 2010 Millions of individual organisms and many thousands of species can be found in just one teaspoon of soil. Scientists are using new methods to study this

New Smells Through Synthetic Biology 24 June 2010 Scientists in have received an award worth over £1 million from the BBSRC and EPSRC to develop a synthetic biology approach for predicting the structural characteristics of odorant molecules

More or less? Disease control key to maintaining yields under climate change
21 June 2010
Oilseed rape disease losses are predicted to increase by a further £50M by 2050, under high CO₂ emission scenarios

Rothamsted researcher honoured
17 June 2010
Professor John Pickett CBE, became the first recipient of the "Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellowship" in recognition of his distinguished career in Chemical Ecology

Got a plant pest problem? Get the science answers from Rothamsted experts at BBC Gardeners' World Live
16 June 2010
Visitors will get answers to plant pest problems when experts from Rothamsted Research set up a 'lab' at the show

Helping plants to help themselves
1 June 2010
With the need to feed an ever increasing world population, we must reduce crop yield losses in new, sustainable ways. Toby Bruce emphasises the need to reduce crop losses caused by pests

To bite or not to bite! Height and weight are the questions
1 June 2010
The Scottish biting midge demonstrates a preference for men that are tall and women that have a large BMI and children may inherit a tendency to be bitten from their parents

Inherited insensitivity enables mosquitoes to overcome the repellent barrier of DEET
17 May 2010
Mosquitoes that are able to overcome DEET, a highly effective repellent, are able to pass this ability onto their offspring.

A UK-Brazil partnership in sustainable agriculture: Embrapa-Labex at Rothamsted Research
31 March 2010
The £400M agri-business and research arm of the Brazilian Government has established its first UK base at Rothamsted Research

Nature paper - Choosy plant pathogens
18 March 2010
Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in the plant pathogen Fusarium

Scientists rewarded for creative flair in national science photo competition
19 February 2010
A PhD student from North Wyke Research has been awarded a prize in the inaugural BBSRC science photo competition.

A 30% cut in fertiliser use in China would not threaten food security
16 February 2010
A study published in Science shows that over-use of fertilizers in China has caused soil acidification that is 100 times greater than that associated with acid rain

Plants under attack send finely-tuned aromatic cry for help
11 February 2010
Plant signals attract natural enemies of pests that infest them. Here we show that odour blend quality is more important than total quantity emitted

Will earlier springs throw nature out of step?
9 February 2010
The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a study published today in the scientific journal Global Change Biology.

Migrating insects fly in the fast lane
5 February 2010
A study published today in Science sheds new light on the flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants

Environmental change could alter disease transmission routes
3 February 2010
Researchers have used mathematical models coupled with experimental data to show that a leaf blotch jumped twice between two evolutionary stable states over 160 years

Solutions to climate change: using trees and grasses to capture carbon and produce energy
26 January 2010
A unique research project has begun to understand how coppiced trees and grass crops can be used for renewable energy

Scientists using X-ray vision to produce more nutritious flour
21 January 2010
Pioneering research combining plant breeding and high-intensity x-rays is being used to develop wheat which makes potentially life-saving mineral enriched flour

Scaling-up key to meet food security challenge
18 January 2010
The BBSRC is meeting with 50 leading agri-food scientists to identify ways to translate research into farm-scale projects to address future global food security challenges.

New Director for Rothamsted Research
14 January 2010
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Maurice Moloney as Director and Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research

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• Rothamsted Research
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