Rothamsted Research

Industry

Crop protection, Fertilisers & plant nutrition, Seeds & genetics

Topics

Biopesticides & biocontrol, Crop protection chemicals & fertilizers

Role

Research / RTO — “…| Focus | Agricultural research institute (soil, crop protection, pheromones) | Rothamsted Research is the wor…”

Why it is bioeconomy

Rothamsted Research is a world-leading agricultural research institute focused on sustainable farming, crop protection, soil health, and agri-food innovation.

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Sites 3

• Woburn, Bedfordshire
• Brooms Barn, Suffolk
• North Wyke, Devon

Production, R&D and other sites from the company's website and automated research; street addresses omitted.

Subsidiaries: Rothamsted International · Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise (RoCRE)

• 2025-04 Latest status: The institute launched a five-year transformation plan in April 2025 to refocus its science and streamline operations, which included a workforce reduction. ↗ ↗ ↗

Recent news 5

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• 2026-09-28 Research finds SDHI-resistant Phoma strains | News from AA Farmer aafarmer.co.uk
  Rothamsted Research led the study that found SDHI resistance in Phoma biglobosus from UK isolates, with up to 500-fold drops in efficacy and 95% resistance to boscalid and fluxapyroxad, highlighting a significant and worrying development in fungicide resistance. They emphasize …
• 2026-07-27 Why scientists watched grass grow in Harpenden for 170 years - BBC News bbc.co.uk
  Rothamsted Research runs the Park Grass Experiment, the world’s oldest permanent grassland study started in 1856 to test how fertilizers and manure affect hay yields, soil, and biodiversity; today it combines long-term field data with modern techniques (DNA analysis, …
• 2026-06-15 Gene-edited barley with higher lipid levels is UK first - Farmers Weekly fwi.co.uk
  Rothamsted Research developed the gene-edited barley with higher lipid levels using CRISPR to slow lipid breakdown, aiming to create a higher-energy livestock forage. The work is part of the Probity project and is advancing under the UK’s precision breeding regulatory pathway …
• 2026-05-26 Rothamsted develops new antifungal pipeline | News from AA Farmer aafarmer.co.uk
  Rothamsted Research has developed a scalable, high-throughput pipeline to discover and prioritize microbial antifungal compounds, enabling earlier testing against diverse Septoria tritici strains and paving the way for future fungicide leads, including potential novel chemistry. …
• 2026-05-24 Rothamsted Launches UK’s First Field Trial Under New PBO Rules - Seed World seedworld.com
  Rothamsted Research is conducting the UK’s first field trial under the new Precision Bred Organism (PBO) rules, using CRISPR-Cas9 to edit Camelina sativa with the aim of increasing seed size, yield, and oil content as part of a proof-of-concept under the Genetic Technology …

Ownership & investors 2

Partners & deals 1

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Registry identifiers

• Charity number: 802038

Funding

• Latest round: Grant · 2025-03-01

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