Here we share two publications, co-authored by members of the GCP Management Team. Can genomics boost productivity of orphan crops? A crucial question! Read all about it in this open-access opinion piece published in Nature Biotechnology.
Meet Sigrid Heuer, a Molecular Biologist and Senior Scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Her lively and riveting story will take us from Africa through her native Europe and on to Asia, and finally Down Under to Australia. In …
if you’re one of those captivated by tales told in the true tradition of story-telling, with magic, fairies, beanstalks and all, then this blogpost is an a must read for you. Our ace field reporter weaves a riveting tale here of magic beans and g…
This illustration is taken from the full work entitled Homeward bound by R Okono. Banana’s scientific name, Musa, unites both dessert bananas and plantains or ‘cooking bananas’ as they are called in some parts of the planet.
The article entitled ‘The protein kinase PSTOL1 from traditional rice confers tolerance of phosphorus deficiency’, published in Nature, highlights a scientific breakthrough – the isolation of a gene that enhances root growth thereby enabl…
