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Researcher Sanjie Jiang inside the 'flight arena' in the glasshouse of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Virus attracts bumblebees to infected plants by changing scent

11 August 2016

Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals a “short-circuiting” of natural selection. Researchers suggest that replicating the scent caused by infection could encourage declining bee populations to pollinate crops – helping both bee and human food supplies. 

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Pearl Millet Field

Cambridge leads UK institutions in agreement on crop science with Indian government

24 February 2016

 A collaboration between leading scientists in the UK and India will focus on tackling global food shortages with research into increasing crop yields and improving disease and drought resistance.

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Rural Landscape near Fife

Boosting farm yields to restore habitats could create greenhouse gas ‘sink’

04 January 2016

New study using UK data is first to show that raising farm yields and allowing ‘spared’ land to be reclaimed for woodlands and wetlands could offset greenhouse gas produced by farming industry to meet national target of 80% emissions reduction by 2050.

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Field and sky

Plant scientists call for rethink of GM crop regulation

19 March 2014

Leading plant scientists have called for major changes to the way GM crops are licensed.

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