Rothamsted Research

Rothamsted is the longest running agricultural research station in the world, providing cutting-edge science and innovation for nearly 170 years. Our mission is to deliver the knowledge and new practices to increase crop productivity and quality and to develop environmentally sustainable solutions for food and energy production.

17 January 2012
Breeding better grasses for food and fuel

Researchers from the BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with improved properties for diet and bioenergy
10 January 2012
New pathogen resource launched

PhytoPath integrates genome-scale data of important plant pathogens with literature-curated information about host infection phenotypes and could make it easier to understand the origins of crop diseases, leading to new control strategies
29 December 2011
Scientists use artificial intelligence to construct food webs

Scientists have developed a technique, using a branch of artificial intelligence called Machine Learning that could greatly improve our understanding of the interaction between food and the environment
17 November 2011
Delivering sustainable food security, a new science strategy for Rothamsted Research

Rothamsted Research has today launched a new science strategy, Where Knowledge Grows

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Scientific Themes

20:20 wheat ®

Increasing wheat productivity to yield 20 tonnes per hectare in 20 years. More...

cropping carbon

Optimising carbon capture by grasslands and perennial energy crops, such as Willow, to help underpin the UK's transition to a low carbon economy. More...