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Latin America

Comprehensive Strategies to Boost Sunflower Yields

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

Inside the Race to Climate-Proof Wheat and Oats

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

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

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

Scientists: Overhaul Global Food Systems to Avert Worsening Land Crisis

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

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

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

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

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

Inside the Breeding Revolution Bringing Alfalfa Back From the Brink

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

Top 5 Emerging Alfalfa Traits

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

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

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

Rock Dust Could Help Fight Climate Change and Boost Crop Yields

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

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

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

A Launchpad for New Varieties

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

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

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

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,...
U.S.

Why Weird Corn Matters

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

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

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

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

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

New Study Pinpoints Allergy-Triggering Proteins in Barley

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

IPK Researchers Tap Genetic Power of Barley’s Wild Cousin

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

The Grass That Could Fly

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

Tel Aviv University Researchers Record Audible Signs of Plant Stress

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

Six Feet of Sand, No Playbook

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

Youth in Agrifood Systems: FAO Report Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for 1.3 Billion Young People

The FAO’s new report, The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems, underscores the crucial role...
Europe

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

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