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The plant scientist with a practical vision for Africa (and who wasn’t content to sit and drink tea).

17 Oct 2019

Carol Nkechi Ibe discovered the hard way what it’s like to be bright and educated, and yet feel like you know almost nothing. The life science...

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Dry rice field at dusk

Fungus enhances crop roots and could be a future 'bio-fertiliser'

04 May 2015

“Ancient relationship” between fungi and plant roots creates genetic expression that leads to more root growth. Common fungus could one day be used...

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Rice plants propagated using tissue culture at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines

Turbocharging a new Green Revolution

07 Jul 2011

Plant scientists in Cambridge have embarked on ambitious plans to improve crop yields by solving one of the chief limitations of photosynthesis.

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Rice

Supercharged rice: the answer to famine?

26 May 2009

An ambitious project that aims to increase rice yields could provide the solution to future food shortages.

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