Press Releases
Decoding mushrooms secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels & safer soils
Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation of biofuels, support the effort to manage global carbon, and help remove heavy metals from contaminated soils.
Secret of Worms Poison Pill Box Protein Could Produce New Natural Insecticide
Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered how a protein from a bacterium acts like a cunningly designed poison pill box that could now be used as a basis of a new range of natural insecticides.
Researchers awarded £500,000 for broccoli research
Researchers at the University of Warwick have been awarded £500,000 to conduct research into lengthening the shelf-life of Broccoli.
Research helps UK Poinsettia growers beat foreign imports & smaller window sills
Poinsettia plants remain a popular Christmas purchase in the UK but British poinsettia growers have to battle against a tidal wave of imports from Continental Europe. Now researchers at the University of Warwick are providing British poinsettia growers with the techniques to grow as many poinsettia plants as their European rivals
Recycled paper and compost could both be key tools to control plant disease
New research by the University of Warwick should have gardeners and commercial growers competing for both recycled paper and organic waste composts. The research has found that recycled paper based composts are proving to be a major weapon in the fight against a range of plant diseases.
Weather watching water system gives large water & fertilizer savings for growers
Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed an irrigation system for growers that not only saves water and fertilizer it even automatically reads and responds to five day weather forecasts to decide whether it is going to water your plants or not.