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Game-changing Biotech for Engineering Pathogen-Resistant Crops

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

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

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

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

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

NRGene Reports Canola Lines With Complete Clubroot Resistance in Field Trials

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

Europe

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

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

Seed Meets Technology 2025: Innovation and Career Opportunities 

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

Latin America

Cocoa Crops Targeted for Climate Adaptation Through Gene Editing

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

What The Selfish Gene Can Teach the Seed Sector

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AI Model Boosts Crop Disease Detection with Minimal Data

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

New Technique Silences Plant Genes to Boost Crop Yields

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

New Project to Develop Methods To Fast-Track Crop Improvement

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

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

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

Argentina Makes Progress in Soy Variety Identification Using Optical Markers

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

Tomatoes in 3D: Breakthrough in Plant Monitoring

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chinese Researchers Develop Breakthrough Megabase-Scale Genome Editing Technologies

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

30 Years of Safeguarding Innovation in a Changing World

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

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

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

Can Canada’s Seed Regs Keep Up With Innovation? A New Overhaul Aims to Find Out

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released its long-awaited policy paper that proposes changes to...
Europe

Fungus-Fighting Genes: The Future of Crop Protection Is Already Here

Seed World Europe interviews HealthyCrop CEO Pernille Ollendorff Hede on a natural enzyme that helps...
Europe

Moon-Rice: Developing the Perfect Crop for Space-Bases

The Moon-Rice project is developing a fresh, nutritious crop for long-term space missions, aiming to...
U.S.

When Drought Strikes, Switchgrass Chemistry Shifts

Researchers at UW-Madison’s GLBRC are studying drought-stressed switchgrass, where the compound saponin reduces ethanol production,...
Canada

10% More Grain, 10% More Forage — WCI Just Upped the Game in Triticale

At Western Crop Innovations, researchers are rewriting the triticale playbook — and the implications go...
Europe

Lupin, Quinoa, and Forgotten Crops Power Dutch Shift to Sustainable Farming

A new Dutch research project, REAP2SOW, led by Wageningen University & Research and funded with...
Europe

5G-Connected Robotics Revolutionize Precision Crop Farming in Rural Scotland

A new Scottish partnership is advancing 5G-connected robotics to support precision agriculture and improve rural...
Canada

Data Transparency. AI. Digital Tags. The Future of Seed Certification Was Unveiled in Victoria

What do AI, transparency certification, and digital tags have in common? CSGA just connected the...
Latin America

Superar los Límites del Potencial de los Cultivos

ZeaKal impulsa la productividad agrícola con PhotoSeed™, una innovación que transforma la fotosíntesis en mayores...
Latin America

PubPlant: El Google Maps del ADN Vegetal

Desde el genoma de Arabidopsis en 2000, se han secuenciado más de 1000 especies vegetales,...
Europe

PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA

In the past 20 years, plant science has sequenced over 1,000 species since the 2000...
Canada

Seeds Canada Has Released its Annual Review. Here’s the Highlights

The report highlights how Seeds Canada is laying the groundwork for a more resilient, unified,...
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Agri-Food Sector Seeks Strategic Role in EU Fund

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