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Katy Martin Rainey discusses her priorities for workforce development and stronger plant breeding partnerships as incoming NAPB president.
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NAPB President Wants to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships

NAPB President Katy Martin Rainey plans to strengthen the plant breeding workforce, public-private partnerships and...
McGill University PhD candidate Neha Paserkar discusses climate change, white mold disease resistance and plant breeding on the Seed World Podcast.
Canada

Can Crops Keep Fighting White Mold in a Changing Climate?

McGill University PhD candidate Neha Paserkar explains how genomics, transcriptomics and climate research are helping...
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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...
Texas A&M corn breeder Wenwei Xu displays high-anthocyanin corn in a research field.
U.S.

Corn’s Next Job Description Is Getting Longer

Texas A&M researchers are breeding corn hybrids for aflatoxin resistance, improved nutrition, climate resilience and...
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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...
Genetically Modified Crops
Europe

EFSA Opinion Could Streamline Stacked GM Crops

EFSA’s GMO Panel says stacked GM crops may not always require additional comparative field trials...
Europe

Nordic Melons Project Tests Historic Varieties

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

Plant Sensors Could Detect Crop Stress Earlier

Tufts University researchers have developed battery-free plant sensors that attach to leaves and stems to...
Canada

Why We Can’t Let Canada’s Seed Sector Become a Museum Piece

Boomtown celebrates the past. It also reminds us what happens when successful institutions stop evolving...
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

Euroseeds Urges Agri-Food Role in EU Fund

Euroseeds has joined 39 European agri-food organisations in urging policymakers to keep agriculture and food...
Europe

Climate Stress May Lower Soybean Seed Quality

Soybean seed quality could decline under combined climate stress from elevated CO₂, heat and drought,...
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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...
Mature sorghum grain heads growing in a field
U.S.

Sorghum Researchers Build a New Roadmap for Nutritional Traits

Researchers are using genomics, metabolomics and machine learning to map the compounds inside sorghum grain...
Green soybean plants
Europe

EU Excludes Soybean Seed from Deforestation Rules

The European Commission has excluded soybean seed for sowing from the EU Deforestation Regulation. Euroseeds...
Various photos of Agriculture farmers using computer laptop device technology checking on plants and forest data analysis on plant growth visual icon, cultivating nature reserving environment.
Europe

European Crop Breeding Research Project Launches

The Horizon Europe-funded COLiBRI initiative will bring together 17 organizations to strengthen crop breeding research...
Smart farm shows new plant growth with technology integration and data monitoring in agriculture
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...
Canada

Why the World is Watching Canada’s Royalty Debate Closely

A decades-old breeding model helped make Canada an agricultural powerhouse. Now industry leaders warn the...

Europe

European Coalition Calls for Stronger EU Research Investment

Euroseeds joins 85 other associations in urging EU institutions to make FP10 more ambitious, better...

Ukraine on grain wheat, trade export and economy concept.
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...
Researchers evaluate rice breeding lines in flooded field plots as part of breeding trials focused on improving yield and stress tolerance.
U.S.

Rice Breeding is Becoming a Game of Tradeoffs

Rice breeders are integrating AI, genomic selection, root biology and microbiome research to accelerate genetic...
Canada

How Farmers Thrive in One of Canada’s Toughest Growing Environments

In Canada's North, growers aren't chasing scale — they're searching for the right genetics...
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...
Revolutionary War soldiers advance across a field at sunrise, symbolizing America's founding and the nation's agricultural legacy.
U.S.

America at 250: The Legacy We Choose to Preserve

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, a family genealogy project led by my Aunt Peggy...
Soybeans and the European Union Flag. Reducing Dependence on Imported Soy, Providing the European Union with a Protein Source, and Promoting Environmentally Friendly Agriculture. Photo: Adobe
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...
Soybean close up
Latin America

El cambio climático podría reducir la calidad de la soja

Un nuevo estudio con apoyo de IA sugiere que el cambio climático podría aumentar la...
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...
Amanda McClerren discusses how integrating breeding, biotechnology and AI is shaping the future of seed innovation.
U.S.

Innovation is at the End of the Handoff Era

Innovation no longer happens in silos. Amanda McClerren explains how integrating breeding, biotechnology, AI and...
Canada

The Scholarship Winner Helping Rewrite the Future of Crop Genetics

When Anirup Sengupta talks about plant breeding on this week's episode of the podcast, he...
Seed World graphic showing World Cup pitch preparation with turf, soccer ball and experts Stacy Bonos and Matthew Duncan
U.S.

From Seed to Stadium: In Pursuit of the Perfect World Cup Pitch

Behind every FIFA World Cup match is a seed story. Stacy Bonos of Rutgers and...
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English

Embrapa Sends Brazilian Seeds to Svalbard Vault

Embrapa delivered a new shipment of Brazilian seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in...
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...
Canada

At 25, Anirup Sengupta is Already Thinking Decades Ahead for Agriculture

From rural West Bengal to Saskatchewan’s leading agricultural research programs, he’s helping build the genomic...

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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

Plant Viruses Advance Virus-Induced Gene Editing

New research shows that virus-induced gene editing using potyviruses could help scientists deliver CRISPR guide...
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