Research

How Cucumbers Got Longer – And Why It’s A Big Deal For Farming

July 11, 2025
Seed World Staff

Cucumbers are helping advance genomic research beyond their role as a popular crop. A study...

New Study Shows Saskatchewan Barley Producers Lead in Sustainable Production

July 9, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

The Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission (SaskBarley) is celebrating new research from the Global Institute for...

How Canada’s New Crop Rules Could Supercharge Global Food Security

July 9, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

With new, streamlined regulations, innovators finally have the green light to bring next-gen seeds to...

CIHEAM Zaragoza and ANOVE Partner to Advance Plant Breeding Innovation and Training

July 8, 2025
Seed World Staff

CIHEAM Zaragoza and ANOVE have signed a framework agreement to boost collaboration in plant breeding...

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

July 7, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Karlene Negus grew up on a corn and cattle farm — but now she’s training...

Unlocking Protein from Tomato Leaves: A Promising but Tough Task

July 7, 2025
Seed World Staff

Tomato leaves contain up to 27% protein, making them a promising plant-based protein source. However,...

43% of Crops Trace Back to One Facility in Saskatoon

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

Driving $17.8 billion in farm output, the Crop Development Centre proves public research pays big...

Your AI Strategy Probably Sucks. Here’s How to Fix It

July 4, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

What if your next employee isn’t a person—but an AI that certifies seed fields, drafts...

Seed Certification is Ripe for Disruption — and Jan Slaski is Leading the Charge

July 4, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

What if drones and AI could spot male plants in your seed field faster than...

Greener Fields, Richer Soils: Agroecology Proves Its Value

July 2, 2025
Seed World Staff

A four-year study on 17 English arable farms found that agroecological practices—like wildflower margins, cover...

This Province Grows Nearly 30% of Canada’s Organic Seed — and it’s Not on the Prairies

July 2, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

British Columbia’s seed game is small but mighty. The Canadian Seed Grower's Association will meet...

Reverse Evolution Reveals a Hidden Defense in Tomatoes

July 1, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Wild tomatoes in the Galápagos are revealing a lost chemical defense that could reshape breeding...

The Top-10 Seed Industry Searches

June 30, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Seed industry professionals are searching for a lot of things. But what are their Top...

Driving Regenerative Agriculture Forward: TUdi Launches Digital Tools to Monitor Soil Health

June 30, 2025
Seed World Staff

The National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIA) has developed potato cultivars resistant to major diseases,...

Probiotics Used in Chickens Help Accelerate Lettuce Growth

June 30, 2025
Seed World Staff

A study by Embrapa Environment and partners found that probiotics used in poultry farming, particularly...

Probióticos Utilizados en Pollos Ayudan a Acelerar el Crecimiento de la Lechuga

June 30, 2025
Seed World Staff

Un estudio de Embrapa Medio Ambiente (SP), en colaboración con el Instituto Biológico de São...

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

June 27, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

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

Global Research Alliance Targets Seeds for Desert Environments

June 27, 2025
Seed World Staff

A new international partnership is investing in vegetable seed research tailored to desert and arid...

Could Canada’s Canola 2.0 be Here?

June 26, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

A stress-tolerant hybrid is turning heads south of the border — and it may hit...

Reimagining Wheat: Unlocking the Grain’s Full Nutritional Potential

June 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

Research from the University of Hohenheim’s Betterwheat project reveals how wheat variety and baking methods...

Argentine Scientists Identify Key Genomic Regions to Boost Wheat Yields

June 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

Argentine researchers led by Fernanda González (CONICET) have identified two genomic regions linked to ear...

Científicos Argentinos Identifican Regiones Genómicas clave para Aumentar el Rendimiento del Trigo

June 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

Un equipo de investigadores argentinos ha logrado un avance que podría ayudar a mejorar el...

From Montana to the Midwest: A New Yellow-Seeded Canola Aims to Change the Game

June 24, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

A new canola hybrid is drawing attention well beyond the fields of Montana where it...

Quebec Scientists Just Found the Microbial Playbook Behind Global Crop Failures

June 24, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

AI has uncovered the hidden molecular moves used by crop-killing pathogens—and it could change how...

Rewriting the Rules of Nitrogen for Corn

June 22, 2025
Peter Scharpe - Seed World Contributor

Seed-applied, gene-edited microbes are changing how corn accesses nitrogen—fixing it from the air, feeding roots...

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

June 20, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

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

A Unified Front on Weed Resistance

June 19, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Multistate HERMON project tackling weed challenges across U.S. soybean belt. Herbicide resistance isn’t a distant...

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

June 19, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

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

Forget Fitting In. This Bayer Scientist Says Be Yourself

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

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

The Lab Growing Summer Fruit All Year — with Zero Soil

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

Discover how a team of Ontario scientists is using AI, smart sensors, and a revolutionary...

CRISPR-Based Gene Editing Reveals Complex Multigenic Traits in Tomatoes

June 17, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers at Tel Aviv University's School of Plant Sciences and Food Security have created a...

A Wikipedia for Seeds? How ISMA is Crowdsourcing Global Expertise

June 16, 2025
Ruojing Wang

The International Seed Morphology Association is developing cutting-edge digital tools to modernize seed identification....

Hutton Scientists Decode Potato Genetics to Accelerate Breeding of Climate-Resilient Crops

June 16, 2025
Seed World Staff

The James Hutton Institute is a global leader in potato research and breeding, pioneering the...

Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Preserving Biodiversity for Food Security

June 16, 2025
Seed World Staff

Yellow rust poses a serious threat to wheat production, but researchers at the University of...

Partnership Strengthens LSU Rice Breeding and Research Capacity

June 12, 2025
Seed World Staff

A five-year collaboration between Loveland Products, Inc. and Dyna-Gro Seed — both proprietary product businesses...

Max Planck Institute Secures Major Funding for Pioneering Genome Optimization Project

June 12, 2025
Seed World Staff

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP) has received £9.1 million (around €11...

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