With more than 30 spotlighted crops in our ongoing series, Seed World Europe continues to explore how crop breeders push the boundaries of innovation in the world’s most important field crops. These articles examine the immense challenges breeders face — from sourcing and integrating new genetic diversity, to confronting novel pests and diseases, to the long timelines and major investments required to bring a single improved variety to farmers’ fields. Whether the focus is maize, lupin, hybrid wheat, sugar beet, or barley, each story highlights how breeding drives productivity, sustainability, and resilience in Europe’s cropping systems. As we look back at our recent features, we celebrate the scientific and strategic breakthroughs shaping the future of field crop agriculture.
Corn, May 2024 : https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2024/05/09/what-an-a-maizing-crop/
Lupin, Nov. 2021: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2021/11/01/move-over-soybeans-lupin-is-here-to-stay/
Hybrid Wheat, Oct 2021: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2021/10/07/holy-grail-or-mission-impossible-the-continuing-range-of-exciting-developments-in-hybrid-wheat/
Sugar Beet, April 2020: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2020/04/16/sugar-rush-what-it-takes-to-develop-a-new-sugar-beet-variety/
Barley, Nov. 2019: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2019/11/06/ill-drink-to-that/
