Innovation

Swinging for More Than Fences

October 6, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

The Seed World U.S. October issue is in your mailbox and online! Every fall, the...

The Quiet Disruptor Behind Canada’s Protein Future

September 29, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Every year, Canada’s pulse and special crops industry singles out one person who’s changing the...

Modelo Predice la Productividad Agrícola con Imágenes Satelitales

September 29, 2025
Seed World Staff

Embrapa utiliza imágenes satelitales y aprendizaje automático para predecir con alta precisión los rendimientos de...

Model Predicts Agricultural Productivity With Use of Satellite Images

September 29, 2025
Seed World Staff

Embrapa uses satellite imagery and machine learning to forecast sugarcane and soybean yields, achieving high...

Want More Innovation? Pay the People Who Create It

September 26, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

If we need more progress on farms, start by valuing the people creating the genetics,...

UK Vertical Farms Boost Yields but Raise Carbon Footprint

September 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

Vertical farming can greatly boost lettuce yields and cut water use but currently has a...

Climate, Crisis, and Crops: Why Gene and Seed Banks are More Essential Than Ever

September 24, 2025
Seed World Staff

Deep in the Arctic, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards over a million seeds, symbolizing...

She’s in a League of Her Own

September 23, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

We're announcing women 30 game changers in U.S. Seed. These honorees were nominated by their...

She’s in A League of Her Own – Part 2

September 23, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Profiles 11-20 of Seed World U.S. 30 High-Impact Women feature....

She’s in a League of Her Own – Part 3

September 23, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Profiles 21-30 of Seed World's 30 High-Impact Women in U.S. Seed....

Public? Private? Wrong Question. Jeff Reid Sees the Future of Plant Breeding

September 18, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

SeCan's general manager thinks there’s a smarter way to breed success in this Seed World...

Game-changing Biotech for Engineering Pathogen-Resistant Crops

September 17, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN CSRS discovered SCORE, an ancient plant immune receptor that detects cold-shock...

Smarter Robots, Stronger Crops: A Breakthrough in High-Throughput Phenotyping

September 12, 2025
Seed World Staff

A new phenotyping robot is transforming plant science with its adjustable wheel track, precision sensor...

Red, Yellow, Green: The Truth About Canada’s Seed Overhaul

September 9, 2025
Doug Miller - Executive Director at Canadian Seed Growers' Association (CSGA)

The CFIA’s seed overhaul is here — and unless farmers weigh in now, the rules...

NRGene Reports Canola Lines With Complete Clubroot Resistance in Field Trials

September 5, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Field trial results show 0% disease incidence, company says. Saskatoon-based NRGene Green says it has...

Seeds of Innovation: How Scotland’s Plant Breeding Shapes the Future

September 5, 2025
Marcel Bruins - Seed World Europe Editorial Director

The 2025 Euroseeds Congress in Edinburgh is a timely reminder of Scotland’s rich plant breeding...

Seed Meets Technology 2025: Innovation and Career Opportunities

September 4, 2025
Seed World Staff

From 23 to 25 September 2025, Seed Meets Technology will be held in Seed Valley,...

Cocoa Crops Targeted for Climate Adaptation Through Gene Editing

September 1, 2025
Seed World Staff

Mars partners with Pairwise to develop cacao more resistant to diseases and extreme climate using...

What The Selfish Gene Can Teach the Seed Sector

August 29, 2025
Marcel Bruins - Seed World Europe Editorial Director

Over the holidays, I finished re-reading Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, a book that reshaped...

Chile se Consolida Como un Centro Clave para el Desarrollo de Semillas Transgénicas y Editadas Genéticamente

August 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

En las últimas dos décadas, Chile ha exportado más de US$2.300 millones en semillas biotecnológicas....

Chile Emerges as a Key Hub for GMO and Gene-Edited Seed Development

August 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

Over the past two decades, Chile has exported more than US$2.3 billion in biotech seeds....

Regulatory DNA Emerges as Untapped Resource for Crop Breeding and Climate Resilience

August 20, 2025
Seed World Staff

A Nature Genetics study from the Max Planck Institute presents a scalable method to map...

AI Model Boosts Crop Disease Detection with Minimal Data

August 18, 2025
Seed World Staff

PlantCaFo is a few-shot learning model that detects plant diseases with limited data, achieving 93.5%...

New Technique Silences Plant Genes to Boost Crop Yields

August 18, 2025
Seed World Staff

CSIC researchers have developed a gene-silencing method using ultra-short RNAs delivered by modified viruses, enabling...

New Project to Develop Methods To Fast-Track Crop Improvement

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers at Cranfield University are developing pollen- and seed-based genetic engineering methods for tomatoes to...

Argentina Avanza en la Identificación de Variedades de Soja Mediante Marcadores Ópticos

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

La Resolución 135/2025 del Ministerio de Agricultura de Argentina autoriza marcadores ópticos para la identificación...

Argentina Makes Progress in Soy Variety Identification Using Optical Markers

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

The Ministry of Agriculture approved AI-powered optical markers for identifying soybean varieties, allowing real-time detection...

Tomatoes in 3D: Breakthrough in Plant Monitoring

August 14, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem created an affordable, non-invasive method to estimate leaf area...

After Half a Decade of Talks, Seeds Canada Says CFIA’s SRM Plan Falls Flat

August 13, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

The group warns Ottawa’s plan “lands far from hitting the mark” and risks leaving real...

From DNA to Defense: New Tool Maps How Plants Produce Key Compounds Protecting Crops

August 13, 2025
Seed World Staff

Dutch scientists developed MEANtools, a digital tool that predicts how plants produce specialized metabolites, helping...

Your Voice Matters — Canada’s Future in Plant Breeding Is Being Decided Over the Next 67 Days

August 12, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Have your say on the future of Plant Breeders Rights in Canada...

The Next Green Revolution: AI and Biotech Leading Advances in Crop Resilience

August 12, 2025
Seed World Staff

A Nature review outlines how AI and biotechnology—including genome editing, protein design, and high-throughput phenotyping—can...

Chinese Researchers Develop Breakthrough Megabase-Scale Genome Editing Technologies

August 6, 2025
Seed World Staff

Prof. GAO Caixia’s team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed PCE and RePCE genome...

30 Years of Safeguarding Innovation in a Changing World

August 6, 2025
Marcel Bruins - Seed World Europe Editorial Director

Amid climate change and resource pressures, the EU breeding sector relies on the Community Plant...

EU Commission Proposes €175B Budget for Research and Innovation (2028–2034)

August 6, 2025
Seed World Staff

The European Commission proposes doubling Horizon Europe’s budget to €175 billion (2028–2034) to boost research,...

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