Independent plant breeder F1 Seeds, established by renowned wheat breeder Bill Angus in 2014, has been acquired by University of Oxford spinout Wild Bioscience. Financial details have not been disclosed. The move combines F1...
SugaROx, the UK-based crop biostimulant spin-out from Rothamsted Research and Oxford University, has secured a £1 million investment to further develop the business. This follows an earlier £2.4m grant from Innovate UK. The largest...
Professor Gideon Henderson is the new Defra chief scientific adviser, joining the department in October. The geochemist replaces Sir Ian Boyd who is leaving Defra after seven years in the post. Prof Henderson has been Chair of Earth Sciences at the University of...
Five UK projects are to share £9 million in funding to address food security over the next five years, through an integrated biological, environmental and social science research effort. The Resilience of the UK food system in a global context project is part of the...