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Europe

HARVEST Aims to Make Agricultural Data AI-Ready

HARVEST will bring together more than 60 participants from 19 countries to make agricultural data...
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Europe

Netherlands Invests in Crop Phenotyping Facility

The Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre will receive €5.4 million for a five-year upgrade of its...
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Europe

Euroseeds Names 2026 InnovAction Stage Finalists

Euroseeds has named 10 finalists for the Euroseeds InnovAction Stage at its 2026 Congress in...
Europe

Nordic Melons Project Tests Historic Varieties

Nordic Melons is testing 12 heritage melon varieties to determine whether historic genetics can support...
Europe

Wheat Salt Tolerance Traits Could Improve Yields

Wheat salt tolerance could be improved by selecting for potassium retention, lower sodium accumulation and...
Europe

Barley Genes Linked to Stress and Grain Quality

Barley genes identified by International Barley Hub researchers help control protective surface traits linked to...
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Europe

AI Model Maps Hidden Grammar of Plant Genomes

Plant genomes contain regulatory patterns that help control traits such as flowering time, disease resistance...
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Europe

Europe Warned Pollinator Loss Threatens Crops

Pollinator loss could pose a serious risk to European crop production, food security and agricultural...
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Europe

Climate Change Threatens Crop Nutrition, Researchers Warn

Crop nutrition is becoming a growing concern as climate change affects both food production and...
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Europe

European Crop Breeding Research Project Launches

The Horizon Europe-funded COLiBRI initiative will bring together 17 organizations to strengthen crop breeding research...
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Europe

The Seed Sector 2045: Climate Adaptation Becomes Breeding’s New Baseline

Climate adaptation is becoming a central priority for plant breeding as weather extremes reshape crop...
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Europe

Low-Asparagine Wheat Gains U.K. Precision-Bred Status

A genome editing milestone in the U.K. seed sector, low-asparagine wheat has received precision-bred status...
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Europe

European Parliament Rejects Soybean Oil ILUC Label

The European Parliament’s objection to the soybean oil ILUC classification has been welcomed by agricultural...
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Europe

Ukraine Joins International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

Ukraine has become the International Treaty’s 156th Contracting Party, strengthening its access to global plant...
Europe

Underutilised Crops Network to Boost UK Food Resilience

Underutilised crops are the focus of a new UK-wide research and innovation network designed to...
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Europe

After the NGT Regulation, Time to Rationalise the GMO Directive

GMO Directive reform is needed to align Europe’s seed approval system with the new NGT...
Europe

EU NGT Regulation: Why the 20-Nucleotide Threshold Could Limit Plant Breeding Innovation

EU NGT regulation creates a faster route for some gene-edited plants, but strict Category 1...
Europe

Seed Sector 2045: Future of Plant Breeding in Europe

Seed Sector 2045 is a new editorial series exploring the trends shaping plant breeding and...
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Europe

James Hutton Institute Joins PhenomUK Crop Programme

The James Hutton Institute has joined PhenomUK, a £35 million UKRI-backed programme designed to strengthen...
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Europe

BSPB Celebrates 60 Years of Plant Breeding Progress

The British Society of Plant Breeders is marking 60 years of supporting plant breeding in...
Europe

Young Professionals and Influence in the Seed Sector

Young professionals are entering the seed sector at a time of rapid change. Mario González...
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Europe

EU Agri-Food Coalition Welcomes NGT Regulation

A coalition of 30 European agri-food value chain organisations welcomes the NGT Regulation, calling it...
Europe

From Seed Innovation to Grower ROI: Closing the On-Farm Gap

Seed technology often performs well in trials but faces new challenges on the farm. Emilhano...
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Europe

EU Committee Vote Advances New Genomic Techniques Rules

COMENVI voted in favour of the trilogue compromise on New Genomic Techniques, bringing the EU...
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Europe

Andalusia Offers Organic Farming Lessons for Europe

A University of Córdoba study finds organic farming decisions in Andalusia are shaped by profitability,...
Europe

The Next Breeding Breakthrough Could Come From a Variety Nobody Uses Anymore

Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust, makes the case that gene banks and...
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Europe

Crop Microbiome Study Shows Plants Select Microbes

A new crop microbiome study shows that crop species, rather than soil type, primarily determines...
Europe

Why the Seed Sector Is Raising the Bar on Social Rights 

In an interview with Ben Rivoire of the International Seed Federation, Seed World explores whether...
Katherine Delbridge, CEO of the Australian Seed Federation, discusses opportunities and challenges in the Australia seed market.
Europe

Australia’s Seed Market Rewards Those Who Play the Long Game

Australia’s seed market is difficult to access, but Australian Seed Federation CEO Katherine Delbridge says...
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Europe

New Seed Development Map Could Improve Crop Yield

A new seed development map from Whitehead Institute could help researchers study crop yield, nutrient...
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Europe

New Pipeline Targets Fungicide Discovery in Wheat

A Rothamsted Research pipeline aims to speed fungicide discovery for Septoria tritici blotch by screening...
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Europe

European Agri-Food Coalition Backs NGT Compromise

A Push for Practical NGT Rules A coalition of 34 European agri-food value chain organisations...

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Europe

GridScore NEXT Speeds Up Plant Breeding Research

GridScore NEXT helps crop researchers collect cleaner field data, reduce phenotyping errors and accelerate plant...
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Europe

Ukraine’s New GM Traceability Law Takes Shape

Ukraine’s GM traceability law will align seed, crop and product rules with EU standards ahead...
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Europe

Why Plant Breeding Persistence Matters in Seeds

Plant breeding requires patience, discipline and long-term learning to develop better varieties and stronger seed...
Europe

WSC26: ISF Secretary General on the Future of the Global Seed Sector

World Seed Congress 2026 in Lisbon united more than 1,800 delegates from 80 countries to...
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