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Angela Karp

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Phialophora field trial Credit: Rothamsted Research

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.

22 May 2018

Bumblebee at Rothamsted. News 11 Dec 2017. Credit: Joseph Woodgate, QMUL

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

11 Dec 2017

Annual Report 2016-17 Copyright Rothamsted Research

THIRTEEN YEARS TO GO

If agricultural production has not become sustainable by 2030, it will be “incredibly hard” to make up for lost time while also ensuring food security for a rising global population.

30 Nov 2017

Drone. UAV. Octocopter. Industrial Strategy. Credit: Rothamsted Research

CLEAN SWEEP FOR AGRICULTURE

The government today released its long-awaited Industrial Strategy, with agricultural R&D a key component of the drive for more enterprising and sustainable growth.

27 Nov 2017

Black grass. Glyphosate approval renewed. Credit: Rothamsted Research

GLYPHOSATE RENEWAL APPROVED

EU Member States voted today by a large majority to renew the licence of glyphosate for five years. Twice as many members voted in favour of the herbicide as against.

27 Nov 2017

Bumble bee. Pyrethroids resistance. Credit: Rothamsted Research

THE FIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

Rothamsted responds to inquiries about a research paper that uncovers how a bumblebee is able to resist an insecticide designed to control crop pests

25 Nov 2017

Diamond-back moth. Caterpillar larvae. Credit: Rothamsted Research

DIAMOND BACK AGAIN

Diamond-back moths, the scourge of brassicas, seem to like the milder UK climate, with last year’s summer influx surviving colder weather, and pesticides, to emerge again

24 Nov 2017