Gold Medal at Chelsea
May 21, 2013
Nottingham academics have won a Gold Medal at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Researchers from the School of Biosciences – exhibiting for the first time at the Royal Horticultural Society event – won the ‘Best RHS Environment Exhibit’ Award. The University’s exhibit, Food for the Future, showcases the latest plant and crop research. Nottingham …
Tomato source
May 31, 2012
Nottingham has played a key role in the genetic sequencing of the tomato genome. This international research project involving 14 different countries will help breeders produce new varieties of tasty tomatoes with higher concentrations of healthy nutrients. Knowing the tomato ‘book’ will also help develop tomatoes equipped to combat disease, drought and pathogens. The co-leaders …