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SUSTAINCrop to Measure Industrial Crop Footprints
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (483+ words) The initiative, called SUSTAINCrop, will develop and validate a digital assessment tool using crop production data from Latin America and Europe. The goal is to help farmers, businesses and policymakers make informed decisions about producing crops for biomaterials and other…...
Why Plant Breeders’ Rights Matter More Than Ever
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (458+ words) I was deeply honoured to be put forward for the role of president of International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). UPOV has been incredibly important to me throughout my career, especially as commissioner of Canada’s…...
AI Crop Breeding Project Targets Stronger Cereals
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (491+ words) The University of Idaho has received a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop data collection technologies and artificial intelligence models for breeding stronger, higher-yielding cereal crops. The research will focus on reducing stalk lodging — the bending or…...
Seed Sector 2045: Is Europe Competitive for Plant Breeding Innovation?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1283+ words) Marcel Bruins studied plant breeding and plant pathology at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands and received a PhD for the research he did in Fusarium resistance in wheat. After that he worked for 10 years at plant breeding company…...
When Your Seed Expertise Becomes a Bridge to Recovery
1+ week, 5+ day ago (429+ words) Charles Block is the manager of Seed Health Testing at the Iowa State University Seed Science Center. Charles does research in Plant Protection and Seed-borne diseases and is Co-Director of the U.S. National Seed Health System. When Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica…...
Can AI Help Plant Breeders Outrun Climate Change?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (537+ words) The National Potato Innovation Centre is part of a global partnership launching an international research initiative to accelerate the delivery of improved crop varieties to farmers facing climate change, pests and disease. Genetic Acceleration through Artificial Intelligence for Root and…...
Canada Doesn’t Need a Plant Breeding Blueprint
3+ week, 2+ day ago (426+ words) There’s a word I keep coming back to this week: ecosystem. Wright’s argument is that we may be asking the wrong question. There isn’t going to be one master plan handed down from above. What Canada needs to build is…...
Sugar Beet Drought Stress Can Increase Pest Damage
4+ week, 1+ day ago (283+ words) Drought affects more than crop growth. New research shows that the severity of water stress can also determine how vulnerable sugar beet is to pest damage. A team at the University of Göttingen investigated how moderate and severe drought influence…...