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The Crop Science Centre is an alliance between the University of Cambridge and NIAB
Several CSC researchers are helping organise the Virtual Nematology Conference 2025 — a global, online event by and for early career researchers 🌱🌍
🗓️ 13–14 Nov 2025 | 📍Gathertown
📌 Reg open now (closes 10 Sept) — scan the QR in the poster to join!
July 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New In Brief article from @minyaojhu.bsky.social & Raphael Ledermann (Oxford) highlights how plants support nitrogen-fixing bacteria by producing heme precursors needed by both partners. A clever case of coordinated nodule metabolism! 🌱https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf156
@camplantsci.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🌱 Join us at the Festival of Plants this Saturday (10am–5pm) at Cambridge University Botanical Garden. Use our microscopes to view fungi living inside plant roots, race in the mycorrhizal relay, sketch underground networks & chat with our scientists!

📍Find us in the Pop-Up Plant Science Tent!
June 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Celebrating Deni's Masters Viva, and the birthday of our acting Director Prof Uta Paszkowski 🎉🎂👏
June 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🧬 As part of a wider collaboration, our researchers show that disrupting plant-nematode communication could limit cyst nematode infections. A step towards more resilient crops.🌱https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/news/disrupting-communication-with-plants-could-limit-cyst-nematode-infections/
April 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you to our former CSC society presidents for your dedication, and a warm welcome to our new presidents! Your leadership is a great asset to the Crop Science Centre. We look forward to an exciting year ahead!
February 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Explore the insights from Ahmed's recent research trip to #Somalia. His work on #cowpea examines how 30+ years of civil war and recurrent droughts have impacted its genetic diversity. 🌱 Read more: www.cropsciencecentre.org/news/researc...
January 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Find out how @vmourade.bsky.social is using fungus to protect key crops in Brazil ➡️https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/news/using-fungus-to-protect-key-crops-in-brazil/ 🍄🌾🇧🇷 #Brazil #Agriculture #plantsatcambridge Photo from Dr Meyer and Dr Favery
January 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM