You are here

Home

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Working from gene to field is what Rothamsted Research is all about.

You can read Angela's summary of Rothasmted's research in 2021 in her introduction to our most recent institutional annual reivew

Below is a link to our current science strategy 2017-22. We are currently working on a new strategy and we will communicate this, including a message from Angela, in the near future.

OUR SCIENCE STRATEGY

Find out more about our science strategy here.

LATEST UPDATES

FARMS PRODUCING WIDER RANGE OF PRODUCE WOULD OFFSET THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON FOOD SUPPLY

Study underlines need for flexibility in future government agricultural policy

27 Mar 2023

Precision Breeding

ROTHAMSTED WELCOMES NEW GE LAW

UK Bioscience sector now open for business say scientists

23 Mar 2023

THE RESULTS ARE IN: GENE EDITED WHEAT FIELD TRIAL DELIVERS

Flour from new GE wheat line produces up to 45% less acrylamide

13 Feb 2023

GENOME BOOST FOR NATURE-FRIENDLY PEST CONTROL

New open resource will accelerate research towards better targeted crop protection

07 Feb 2023

PROBING FOR WEAKNESSES IN WHEAT SEPTORIA GENOMES

Identifying fixed DNA sequences across multiple strains may offer clues to disease control

07 Feb 2023

QUALITY COUNTS - SIMPLE PROTEIN MEASURES NOT SUFFICIENT FOR ACCURATE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS

Environmental impacts of beef and dairy halved by new assessment

04 Jan 2023

NO LAUGHING MATTER – NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS ARE HIGHER FROM SOILS LACKING ORGANIC MATTER

Adding manure to soil locks-in nitrogen and cuts emissions of a potent GHG

23 Dec 2022

CHINESE FARM PRACTICE MAY OFFER CLUE TO IMPROVED OILSEED RAPE DISEASE CONTROL

Rotating OSR with rice cultivation may impede sexual reproduction of blackleg fungus

21 Dec 2022

CONVERTING GRAZING LAND TO ARABLE ‘UNSUSTAINABLE’ IN WEST COUNTRY AND OTHER PARTS OF NORTHERN EUROPE

Crop failures and small yields likely as climate change stops farm machinery from accessing fields

13 Sep 2022

DEATH OF HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Some reflections from Angela Karp, Director and CEO, Rothamsted Research

12 Sep 2022

THE BIG PICTURE: THE WATER DETECTIVES TRACKING POLLUTION BY ITS COLOUR

16 Sep 2021

KICKING THE HABIT

16 Sep 2021

KICKING THE HABIT: PESTICIDES

16 Sep 2021

Fertiliser Spreading

KICKING THE HABIT: FERTILISERS

16 Sep 2021

North-Wyke-Farm-Livestock - Credit Rothamsted Research

KICKING THE HABIT: LIVESTOCK FARMS

16 Sep 2021

fruits and vegetables

KICKING THE HABIT: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

16 Sep 2021

Precision Breeding

DOES GENOME EDITING CAUSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES?

02 Sep 2021

Bread and wheat - Credit Rothamsted Research

GE FIELD TRIAL: LOW ASPARAGINE WHEAT Q&A

06 May 2021

FIELD TRIALLING GM AND GE CROPS AT ROTHAMSTED

11 Jan 2021

IN LTE WE TRUST

09 Jan 2020

20TH WGIN STAKEHOLDERS' MEETING

06 Feb 2023

‘30 YEARS OF INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT THE ALLERTON PROJECT’ SEMINAR - DR ALASTAIR LEAKE - GWCT

22 Feb 2023

TIPPING POINTS IN LAKE SYSTEMS SEMINAR - PROFESSOR PETE LANGDON – UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

18 Jan 2023

EXPERIENCE ROTHAMSTED

03 Apr - 06 Apr 2023

RESEARCH INSIGHTS EVENT: AGRICULTURE AND WATER QUALITY

Exploring agriculture's unintended consequences on water quality and options for mitigation

17 Nov 2022

LONG TERM EXPERIMENTS: MEETING FUTURE CHALLENGES

Hybrid event on using LTEs to meet current and future challenges in agriculture.

20 Jun - 22 Jun 2023

UK FUNGUS DAY: GUIDED WALK AND POSTER-SIDE CHATS

10 Oct 2022

AGRI-TECH WEEK: DATA IN AGRICULTURE

09 Nov 2022

BRITISH SCIENCE FESTIVAL: NOURISHING OUR FUTURE

17 Sep 2022

NEW SCIENTIST LIVE

07 Oct - 09 Oct 2022