Research

Scientists Debut a New Foundational Atlas of the Plant Life Cycle

August 28, 2025
Seed World Staff

Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering weed, has been central to plant biology for 50 years,...

Converting Straw to Biochar Could Add 190 Million Tons to Global Grain Production

August 27, 2025
Seed World Staff

Every growing season, crop residues like straw, husks, and stalks are often burned, plowed in,...

Hutton Scientist Wins Prestigious Prize For Her Work on Barley Roots

August 26, 2025
Seed World Staff

Dr. Gwendolyn Kirschner of The James Hutton Institute has received a prestigious SULSA postdoctoral award...

Estrategias Integrales para Impulsar el Rendimiento del Girasol

August 22, 2025
Seed World Staff

El INTA ha trabajado durante décadas en el cultivo de girasol, abarcando manejo, desarrollo de...

Comprehensive Strategies to Boost Sunflower Yields

August 22, 2025
Seed World Staff

INTA has advanced sunflower cultivation by developing hybrids, improving crop management, and enhancing disease resistance...

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

August 21, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

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

Inside the Race to Climate-Proof Wheat and Oats

August 21, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

This isn’t a slow academic exercise. It’s a full-scale innovation push....

New Study Reveals Hidden DNA Elements That Could Help Corn Withstand Drought

August 21, 2025
Seed World Staff

A Nature Genetics studymaps cis elements in 25 maize hybrids, revealing genetic regions tied to...

Scientists: Overhaul Global Food Systems to Avert Worsening Land Crisis

August 19, 2025
Seed World Staff

A Nature study by 21 scientists shows that reforming global food systems—cutting food waste and...

AI Model Boosts Crop Disease Detection with Minimal Data

August 18, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

New Technique Silences Plant Genes to Boost Crop Yields

August 18, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

17 Transatlantic Shipments Later, Canadian Crops Still Outperform Europe on Carbon

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

Turns out, Canadian-grown wheat, canola and peas have some of the lowest carbon footprints in...

Dr. Derek Barchenger Wins 2025 Borlaug Field Award for Pepper Breeding Breakthroughs

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

The World Food Prize Foundation has named Derek Barchenger, Senior Scientist and head of the...

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

August 15, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

Inside the Breeding Revolution Bringing Alfalfa Back From the Brink

August 13, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

There's a revival going on and it's not religious. Alfalfa acres have been shrinking for...

Top 5 Emerging Alfalfa Traits

August 13, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Shifts in yield dormancy and climate-proof genetics are traits to watch in the next generation...

Reviving 80-year-old Fungi Offers New Clues for Sustainable Agriculture

August 13, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem revived 80-year-old fungal specimens of Botrytis cinerea, revealing how...

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

August 13, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

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

August 12, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

Rock Dust Could Help Fight Climate Change and Boost Crop Yields

August 11, 2025
Seed World Staff

A new Anglo-French study suggests that spreading crushed volcanic rock on farmland could help remove...

40% of Western Canada’s Durum Comes From Him. Now He’s an Agronomy Hall-of-Famer

August 8, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Curtis Pozniak earned agronomy’s highest honour for transforming wheat breeding and reshaping the future of...

A Launchpad for New Varieties

August 7, 2025
Seed World Staff

Oklahoma State University’s latest Clearfield wheat release, Orange Blossom CL+, enters the landscape with a...

New Research Analyzes How Ozone Pollution and COVID-19 Affect Crop Yields in China

August 7, 2025
Seed World Staff

Ozone (O₃) is a three-oxygen gas known for forming the stratospheric ozone layer that blocks...

Chinese Researchers Develop Breakthrough Megabase-Scale Genome Editing Technologies

August 6, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

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

August 6, 2025
Seed World Staff

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

Why Weird Corn Matters

August 4, 2025
Seed World Staff

A proposed USDA consolidation threatens the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center, home to 100,000 mutant...

The Secret to Drought Survival? A Little-Known Plant Protein Steps In

July 31, 2025
Seed World Staff

A Waseda University study reveals that the motor protein myosin XI plays a role in...

Meet the Woman Who’s Turning Wheat’s Wild Side Into the Future of Farming

July 31, 2025
Marc Zienkiewicz - Seed World Canada Senior Editor

Valentyna Klymiuk steps into a new USask research chair role with a laser focus on...

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

July 29, 2025
Marcel Bruins - Seed World Europe Editorial Director

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

New Study Pinpoints Allergy-Triggering Proteins in Barley

July 29, 2025
Seed World Staff

Researchers have, for the first time, precisely measured allergy-triggering amylase/trypsin-inhibitors (ATIs) in barley—proteins linked to...

IPK Researchers Tap Genetic Power of Barley’s Wild Cousin

July 25, 2025
Seed World Staff

IPK Leibniz researchers studied barley and its wild relative H. bulbosum, using high-throughput genomics on...

When Drought Strikes, Switchgrass Chemistry Shifts

July 23, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

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

The Grass That Could Fly

July 23, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

Switchgrass: This hardy native grass is gaining ground as a biofuel feedstock — here’s why....

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

July 23, 2025
Dawn Ius - Seed World Associate Editor

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

Tel Aviv University Researchers Record Audible Signs of Plant Stress

July 22, 2025
Seed World Staff

Tel Aviv University researchers have recorded high-frequency “clicking” sounds emitted by plants under stress, revealing...

Six Feet of Sand, No Playbook

July 21, 2025
Aimee Nielson - Seed World U.S. Editor

After Hurricane Helene devastated Upper East Tennessee, researchers are creating a recovery guide to help...

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