January 9, 2026

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Grower feedback drives breeding decisions

A new spring wheat germplasm promises to reduce economic losses caused by fusarium - Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are helping American wheat farmers fight a devastating crop disease

You can’t see it, but it’s saving lives: zinc in staple crops - By embedding zinc enrichment directly into elite wheat lines, scientists are turning a once “hidden hunger” solution into a mainstream breeding breakthrough

January 8, 2026

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AI meets plant breeding: Heritable Agriculture and KWS target feed trait breakthroughs (AgTechNavigator)

January 7, 2026

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How we create the best fresh market sweet corn

PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA

January 6, 2026

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Study published in Nature Plants shows striking convergent selection history of wheat and barley and its potential for breeding

Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter zieht Jahresbilanz: 2025 war ein Weckruf für die Bedeutung von Sorten und Saatgut als strategische Ressource

January 5, 2026

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Pakistan - First speed breeding facility for wheat, pulses inaugurated (Business Recorder)

How revival of public plant breeding benefits veggie growers (Growing Produce)

Bayer focused on designing — not just breeding — the next big hybrid in canola (Real Agriculture)

China y América Latina refuerzan la cooperación en semillas para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria (Agencia Noticias Argentinas)

Quiet gains in genetics and agronomy set hemp’s next growth cycle in motion (Hemp Today)

Vietnam - Institut de recherche sur le riz du delta du Mékong – un pilier du développement des semences pour le secteur agricole (Vietnam.vn)

Terra Nova Nurseries' breeding program demonstrates proven performance across two national trial programs (Perishable News)

Zimbabwe - Horticultural Development Council raises alarm over the emergence of informal and illegal plant breeders in the market (The Herald)

Chinese scientists develop "precision-designed" seeds to boost food security (Xinhua)

December 22, 2025

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Lifeasible introduces an enhanced space-based crop breeding service to drive agricultural innovation (Pharmiweb)

December 19, 2025

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Europoean Union - Member States endorse New Genomic Techniques agreement

Meilenstein für neue Züchtungsmethoden in der Landwirtschaft - BMLEH und BMFTR begrüßen geplante EU-Regelung für neue genomische Techniken (NGT)

Científicos chilenos logran aumentar potente antioxidante en tomates

December 17, 2025

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IITA x Breeding for Tomorrow 5 takeaways

La seguridad y la calidad claves en los avances legislativos de la Unión Europea sobre material vegetal de reproducción

Pepper perseverance, tomato triumphs, and mungbean milestones: How Malian seed firm COPROSEM grew into an R&D hub

Engineering the next superfood: Boyce Thompson Institute unlocks goldenberry’s large-scale farming potential
La edición genética logra plantas compactas de Physalis (Aguaymanto) aptas para la agricultura a gran escala

December 16, 2025

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Flax’s heat intolerance targeted - University of Saskatchewan breeder hopes to improve heat tolerance to unlock crop’s yield gain (The Western Producer)

SynTech Research Group highlights advances in plant breeding amid new EU regulation
SynTech Research Group met en lumière les progrès réalisés en matière de sélection végétale dans le contexte de la nouvelle réglementation européenne
O Grupo de Pesquisa SynTech destaca os avanços no melhoramento de plantas em meio à nova regulamentação da UE.
El grupo de investigación SynTech destaca los avances en el fitomejoramiento en medio de la nueva normativa de la UE.

December 15, 2025

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Computomics podcast S7E4: The future of farming: no fungicides, just genetics

Australia - New gene technologies future-proofing grain production

Einigung im Rat zu neuer EU-Saatgutverordnung (Top Agrar)