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plants growing in brown plant pots

91Ö±²¥ develops a new crop protection strategy to boost immune system of plants

91Ö±²¥ Institute for Sustainable Food has identified a way to commercialise ‘priming chemicals’ that can be used as a crop protection technology to boost the immune system of plants.
Spraying the plants.

Innovative agricultural technologies could help meet food security and climate change emergencies

Scientists have proposed a range of technological options for sustainable, productive and resilient agriculture, which provide multiple routes for removing CO2 from the atmosphere to directly mitigate climate change.
A woman is stood in an allotment next to a raised bed. There is a greenhouse in the background and several tubs of plants growing

Diary project reveals the true cost of growing food in an allotment

Experts from the Institute for Sustainable Food have created a first of its kind estimate of the resources needed to grow food in allotments using data from a citizen science project.
Professor Zenobia Lewis

Zenobia Lewis presents the latest Biosciences #Inspire lecture

91Ö±²¥'s Biosciences departments are delighted to welcome Professor Zenobia Lewis, from the University of Liverpool, as the latest speaker in the Biosciences #Inspire lecture series. Join us on Tuesday 16th March at 1pm.
rainforest bed with several trees and ferns growing

Legume trees support tropical forest growth by releasing nutrients from ancient soils

Researchers have found that nitrogen-fixing legume trees can support themselves and surrounding trees not only with increased access to nitrogen but with other key nutrients through enhanced mineral weathering.