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Scientists Work to Make Faba Beans Taste Better

A Finnish study with 264 participants found that bitterness and a dry, astringent mouthfeel are...
Latin America

¿Podría Cultivarse Café en Uruguay? El Cambio Climático Sugiere un Futuro Sorprendente

El cultivo de café en Uruguay puede parecer improbable hoy, pero el cambio climático podría...

Latin America

Could Coffee Grow in Uruguay? Climate Change Suggests a Surprising Future

Climate change may make coffee cultivation possible in Uruguay by 2050. A recent PLOS ONE...
Latin America

Investigadores Brasileños Descubren Hongos que Eliminan el Moho Blanco en Cultivos Clave

Científicos brasileños descubren Trichoderma que eliminan esclerocios de Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, ofreciendo alternativas biológicas al control...
Latin America

Brazilian Researchers Discover Fungi That Eliminate White Mold in Key Crops

Brazilian scientists have discovered Trichoderma fungi that can fully destroy sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the...
Europe

New Resistance Pathway to Azoles Found in Phoma Stem Canker Fungus

Phoma stem canker, a major threat to global oilseed rape yields, is becoming harder to...

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

Laboratory? A Big Seed Treatment Innovation Came from a Winnipeg Garage

As EcoTea hits one million acres this year, it can be hard to believe where...
U.S.

FBI Charges Pair in FHB Smuggling Plot

Two Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly smuggling a dangerous crop pathogen into the...
U.S.

Meet the Future of Seed Innovation

Seed World’s on-demand webinar features Top 3 Global Innovation Showdown winners—Solynta, HealthyCrop, and Biolumic—sharing insights...
Canada

Ontario Researchers Join Push to Engineer “Super Crops” That Can Survive Anything

Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry joins the U.K.’s ARIA Synthetic Plants program...
Europe

Fungal Protein Critical to Causing Fusarium Head Blight in Cereal Crops Revealed

Study identifies Fusarium graminearum protein TPP1 that suppresses plant immunity, advancing potential development of wheat...
Europe

€1.5 Million Research Project Launched to Tackle Lettuce Disease

A €1.5M research initiative led by the University of Amsterdam and partners aims to combat...
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...
Europe

Fast Talk, Big Vision

ASTA Genetics, based in Türkiye, advances gene editing and climate-resilient crops, sharing insights on innovation...
Europe

Global Collaboration to Improve Wheat Adaptation

The WheatACE initiative unites Australian and French researchers to boost wheat yields and quality under...
Europe

Gene Switch Makes Sweet Sorghum Salt-tolerant 

Researchers identify SWEET13 gene as key to boosting sugar production in sorghum millet under saline...
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...
Europe

Italians Spent Thousands of Years Perfecting Grape Cultivation

New research traces Italy’s grapevine domestication over 7,000 years, analyzing 1,700 archaeological seeds to reveal...
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...
Europe

Global Efforts to Harness Science and Partnerships to Transform Millets

Millets are climate-resilient, low-input crops that enhance food security. IYM 2023 highlighted their importance, with...
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.

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.

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.

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...
U.S.

How Indigenous Wisdom and Modern Science are Breeding a New Future for Hawai’i

On the volcanic slopes of Hawaiʻi Island, something extraordinary is happening — a revival of...
U.S.

These 24 Young People Represent Plant Breeding’s Future

Twenty-four Borlaug Scholars were honoured at the National Association for Plant Breeding meeting in Hawai’i...
Europe

Could a Hidden Fungus Be the Future of UK Farming?

Researchers at The James Hutton Institute have found that a naturally occurring fungus in common...
U.S.

Inside the Quiet Powerhouse Driving Soybean Innovation

Illinois Crop Improvement Association sets the standard for seed health and market readiness, combining phytosanitary...
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