Plant Breeding

Living soils, the best genetics and capable plant scientists quietly determine the future of Canadian...
With public research under pressure, emerging scientist Ben Erickson explains what Canada must do to...

University of Manitoba researcher Shruti Kashyap is uncovering how water stress influences disease resistance —...

Corn breeder Zachary Jones explains why communication, confidence and a commitment to rural communities still...
Kenny Piecharka of KWS says conversations that once happened in the hallway are finally happening...
Plant ETP connects researchers, breeders, farmers and seed sector stakeholders to align priorities for European...
Europe has strong plant breeding talent, public research and seed systems, but plant breeding innovation...
Technology lets breeders evaluate tens of thousands of candidates, but Brian Rossnagel says efficiency cannot...
A University of Saskatchewan PhD student is combining field experience, genetics and AI to build...

Advances in genomics are accelerating breeding while raising new questions about variety registration, research infrastructure...

Genomic prediction can help identify promising plants before breeders spend years evaluating them. But there’s...
AI in crop breeding is helping researchers analyze germplasm, predict crosses, select genes and make...
Canada’s variety registration system helped build confidence in Canadian seed. But breeders, farmers and seed...
As Canada rethinks its breeding ecosystem, researchers like Yue Yu show why the next model...
The future of plant breeding needs more than technical skill. Ana Maria Heilman-Morales explains why...
Illini SuperPop started as a University of Illinois genetics project and grew into a new...
Ask Yue Yu what she wants to do in her career, and the answer is...
NAPB's Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee is sharpening its role as public breeders face funding, workforce...
The discovery could eventually help breeders create crops that need less fertilizer and cost farmers...

Researchers identified a genetic stop signal that limits nitrogen uptake, opening a possible path toward...

Hannah Jeffery, incoming NAPB Communications Committee chair, explains how better communication can help the public...
This week's biggest stories all point to the same conclusion: the people who can make...
Low-input farming is becoming a strategic priority for European seed companies as farmers face tighter...
Texas A&M researchers are breeding corn hybrids for aflatoxin resistance, improved nutrition, climate resilience and...
The McGill University PhD student is working to understand how crops will defend themselves against...
Researchers are using genomics, metabolomics and machine learning to map the compounds inside sorghum grain...
AI-powered virtual fields are helping corn breeders evaluate canopy architecture, identify promising traits and improve...
Why would you leave wheat research to focus on hemp? One of Canada's up-and-coming plant...
GMO Directive reform is needed to align Europe’s seed approval system with the new NGT...
Vincent Fetterley is developing genomic and computer vision tools to help breeders improve hemp faster...

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

The British Society of Plant Breeders is marking 60 years of supporting plant breeding in...
From human health to consumer expectations, NAPB 2026 showed how plant breeding priorities are expanding...
The longtime Crop Development Centre breeder developed more than 100 barley and oat varieties, including...

New conversations about seed policy, concerns over declining agricultural R&D investment, and recognition for two...

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