April 16, 2025

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Shaping a CIMMYT maize program to serve at-risk farmers: A tribute to Ernest W. Sprague (1925-2025)

Mais, Gerste, Raps: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg erhält Millionenförderung, um die Leistung von Nutzpflanzen zu verbessern

April 15, 2025

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International Forage and Turf Breeding Conference IFTBC 2026 to take place in Qingdao, P.R. China from 12th to 16th October 2026

Unlocking the future of hybrid maize seed production: Rwandan seed companies visit IITA maize breeding research and Nigerian seed companies

April 14, 2025

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„Bred in Austria“: Heimische Züchter mit 32 neuen Sorten

More effiency in plant breeding: Development of screening systems to measure plant vitality
Mehr Effizienz in der Pflanzenzüchtung: Entwicklung von Screening-Systemen zur Messung der Pflanzenvitalität

Arizona State University professor breeds new tomato variety, the 'Desert Dew' - New crop can thrive in short seasons, harsh climates

April 11, 2025

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An overview of foundation models in plant breeding

April 10, 2025

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« Mettre un coup de boost à la sélection variétale du pois » (La France Agricole)

A promising start for new strawberry selection in Limburg (Horti daily)

Proposal for a new plant breeding law in Switzerland - easing the path for CRISPR/Cas plants (Lexology)

Lentil breeding on turbocharge

Brasil - Abertas as inscrições para a Reunião de Pesquisa de Trigo e Soja

A transformative leap in effective subaward implementation: Inside the revitalized sorghum and millets breeding programs at the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI)

April 9, 2025

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New study to identify nutritionally superior and yield-stable oat varieties

Projet de règlement NGT : Les membres du Collectif en faveur de l’innovation variétale se félicitent de la position du Conseil de l’Union européenne

Euroseeds welcomes progress on new genomic techniques (NGT): time to deliver an enabling framework

Chile como un buen ejemplo de regulación de la edición genética

Estatus de la regulación a nivel global de las nuevas técnicas genómicas (NGTs). Parte 1

April 8, 2025

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Heritable Agriculture tackles indoor strawberries

« J’accueille une plateforme de sélection de blé bio depuis 25 ans » - La première plateforme de sélection de variétés pour l’agriculture biologique de blé tendre de l’Inrae a vu le jour en 2000 sur la ferme de Christian Mogis (La France Agricole)

DLF North America strengthens product knowledge and breeding programs

April 7, 2025

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Does this breakthrough mark a new epigenetic chapter in crop breeding?

Wild barley + durum wheat = Tritordeum, a novel cereal crop with big potential (AgFunderNews)

Haploid facultative parthenogenesis in sunflower sexual reproduction (Nature)

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) develops new Tomato variant ‘BAU Beefsteak Tomato-1’ (BSS News)

April 4, 2025

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10. proWeizen Konferenz am JKI in Quedlinburg: Züchterische Innovation für die Zukunft der Weizenproduktion

CRAG will collaborate with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) on a pioneering scientific advisory project on new genomic techniques and their potential use in the agri-food sector
El CRAG colaborará con el Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) en un proyecto pionero de asesoramiento científico sobre NTG y su uso potencial en el sector agroalimentario
El CRAG col·laborarà amb el Ministeri d'Agricultura, Pesca i Alimentació (MAPA) en un projecte pioner d'assessorament científic sobre NTG i el seu ús potencial en el sector agroalimentari

ASTA co-hosts Lunch & Learn on new genomic techniques in Brussels

April 3, 2025

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Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding (Nature)