3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (328+ words) Artificial intelligence dominated the official agenda when plant breeders gathered at Texas A&M University in June for the annual meeting of the National Association for Plant Breeding. But beneath the conversations about genomics, phenomics and machine learning was a…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (718+ words) For the Seed World U.S. September issue (that should be in your mailbox really soon), that question was simple: What does it take to move an idea into the real world? The answer is almost never innovation alone. Our cover story…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1134+ words) For decades, Canada’s variety registration system has been treated almost as untouchable — although regulators say the ability to change it has been there and it is not being taken advantage of. It’s been the mechanism that decides which new genetics…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1031+ words) Every bag of seed shipped across state lines carries more than seed. It carries a label. That label may look straightforward, but behind it sits a maze of federal regulations, state-specific requirements and countless details that can determine whether a…...

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…...

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…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (372+ words) Ask him his favourite part of the job, though, and he doesn’t mention a single variety. “Often they come in after completing their undergrad degrees with little experience and little confidence,” he says of his graduate students. “To see them…...