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The 2025 Borlaug Scholars
Canada

Industry Leaders Back NAPB Borlaug Scholars — Now New Sponsors Are Invited for 2026

Supported by organizations like Bayer, the program connects top students with industry mentors — and...

U.S.

Why the 2026 NAPB Annual Meeting at Texas A&M is a Must-Attend

Attendees in College Station will explore AI-driven phenotyping, high-throughput data systems, and cutting-edge breeding programs...
Canada

Can AI and Soybeans Team Up to End Hunger? Rafael Marmo Thinks So

Soybean breeder Rafael Marmo is chasing a game-changing goal: stability...
U.S.

How a Storm Proved Short-Stature Corn Could Be Farming’s Game Changer

For Michael Hall, short-stature corn isn’t just another breeding project — it’s a once-in-a-career breakthrough....
Canada

Rita Mumm Is Cultivating the Next Generation of Food Security — One Plant Breeder at a Time

Rita Mumm doesn't mince words: the world’s next great challenge is feeding a growing population...
Canada

Old School Genius, New School Rules: Corteva’s Klaus Koehler 1.0 Would Be Lost in 2025

He revolutionized corn breeding — now he’s walking away with a lesson no algorithm can...
U.S.

Coffee. Beer. Genetics. This Plant Breeder’s Teaching Style is Anything but Boring

Rex Bernardo is using your favourite drinks to shake up how we teach science —...
U.S.

This Young Scientist is Proving That Traditional Farming Wisdom Still Holds the Key

For Michele Nalle, agriculture has always been more than food — it’s a way of...

Canada

Why This Scientist Thinks Plant Breeding Needs a Data Overhaul — Fast

Borlaug Scholar Karlene Negus applies AI to crop science, predicting performance in corn and sorghum...
Canada

What Happens When the Genes we Need Don’t Want to be Used?

Two young scientists are using CRISPR, ancient crop DNA, and a stubborn obsession with cooking...
Canada

Asia and Africa Grow the Most Peppers. So Why Are Their Yields the Lowest?

Chili peppers are under attack from invisible enemies—and one scientist is building a disease-proof future...
Canada

One Gene Promised the Perfect Strawberry. But it Didn’t Pass the Smoothie Test

They found a great strawberry that made amazing smoothies, but taste tests went a bit...
Canada

He Wrestled His Way Into History — She’s Helping Students Finish What He Started

Norman Borlaug pinned famine to the mat — now pepper breeder Chandler Levinson is helping...
Canada

Forget Fitting In. This Bayer Scientist Says Be Yourself

Never mind the lab coat. Jaci Benson McRoberts' power move was saying no to code...
Canada

Overlooked Mutations are Why Your Hybrid Isn’t Performing

The real villains of plant breeding? Massive genomic rearrangements hiding in plain sight, says UBC...
Canada

One Woman. One Mission. And a Movement That’s Rewriting Africa’s Future

They called them "orphan crops" — ignored, underfunded, forgotten. Now Rita Mumm is turning them...

Sorghum Could Help Feed the World — if we Can Unlock its Genetic Code

One of the classic critiques of machine learning is that it can feel accurate but...
Canada

The New Curriculum That’s Rewiring the Minds of Tomorrow’s Top Plant Breeders

These aren’t just academic theories. They’re ideas that touch everything from what’s on your plate...
Canada

Inside the Tech That’s Giving Small Programs Big-League Breeding Tools

McGill University's Valerio Hoyos-Villegas says phenomics allows us to unlock genetic gains we’ve only dreamed...
Canada

GMO? Idk. This Apple Just Tastes Better

Okanagan Specialty Fruits shows how to turn gene-edited innovation into products that people actually want...
U.S.

Meet the Woman Tackling the Hidden Gender Gap in Global Food Systems

In global agriculture, there's a simple but jarring truth: gender inequalities are baked into our...
U.S.

Bayer’s Natalie Kaiser is Rewriting the Rules of What Food is

The innovation unit she now helps lead is tackling one of agriculture’s toughest riddles: how...
Canada

A Guelph Researcher was Just Named Among the NAPB’s 2025 Plant Breeding Rockstars

According to Canada's largest certified seed supplier, Rajcan’s practical approach to breeding has generated a...
U.S.

Meet the Plant Breeding Rockstars of 2025: NAPB Names its Top Innovators

The National Association for Plant Breeding (NAPB) honored 2025 awardees across five categories, recognizing excellence...
U.S.

The Breeder Who Bridged Academia and Industry—One Student at a Time

How do you spark a global movement without a blueprint? For Tabaré Abadie, it started...
U.S.

Lane Selman’s Secret Recipe for Better Seeds: Breeders, Chefs, and a Whole Lot of Flavor

The Variety Showcase connects the behind-the-scenes world of seed development with the very visible world...
U.S.

She Showed up and Found Her Dream Career—Now Neha Kothari is Paying it Forward

Kothari’s own career is a testament to the power of professional community....
U.S.

Can a Plant Tell You When it’s Thirsty? Michael Gore Says Yes

This National Association for Plant Breeding award winner wants to give plants a voice through...
U.S.

Scientists Dismissed his Desert Farming. Now They’re Studying it

On the sun-scorched plateaus of Arizona, Dr. Michael Johnson is proving that ancient Indigenous knowledge...
U.S.

If Your Phenotyping Platform Doesn’t do This, You’re Already Behind, says Jaci McRoberts

NAPB Early Career Scientist Award winner Jacqueline Benson McRoberts is pioneering AI-driven digital phenotyping, mentoring...
Canada

Is Our Modern Food System Forgetting the Meaning of a Meal?

If we only see food as a commodity—just a yield number on a spreadsheet or...
U.S.

Juan Arbelaez is Helping Build the Platform That Could Save Public Breeding

For Juan David Arbelaez, progress is about mentoring the next wave of breeders so that...
U.S.

She Collected 1,800 Seeds from Wild Cannabis—What She Found Could Rewrite Research on it

Cannabis sativa is better known to some as hemp, to others as marijuana—but to Shelby...
U.S.

How One Scientist is Fighting Tomato Disease With Culture, Music and Memory

Borlaug Scholar Samuel Ipinyomi’s path from stew pots to greenhouses is a masterclass in blending...
Canada

‘Supergenes’ Could be the Future of Farming — if we Learn How to Use Them

The sunflower is a familiar plant, but beneath those golden petals lies a genetic world...
U.S.

Germplasm isn’t Enough. You Need Paperwork, Partnerships and Infrastructure, says NAPB Award Winner Rex Bernardo

Breakthroughs often come from “non-elite” sources. To Bernardo, they are a testament to what lies...
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