October 6, 2026

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New microscopy investment will help unlock solutions to costly crop diseases

Yu Guo receives the 2026 Gatersleben Research Prize for his work on the evolution of wild plant to cultivated barley
Von der Wildpflanze zur Kulturgerste - Yu Guo erhält Gaterslebener Forschungspreis 2026

Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada réduit progressivement ses activités à la ferme expérimentale d’Indian Head (Radio Canada)

España - El Ejido, el gran clúster europeo de innovación y desarrollo de semillas (Diario de Sevilla)

Help for bean breeders: Gene found that controls seed pod shattering - UC Davis leads nationwide team to discover how and where beans were domesticated in ancient Americas

AfricaRice visits CIMMYT to deepen partnerships and advance One CGIAR’s vision for resilient food systems in Southern Africa

Niab to lead international drive to accelerate wheat improvement

October 5, 2026

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The 39th edition of the John Innes Centre Advances magazine is now available onlin

5 questions with Sebastian Schultheiss, CEO of Computomics (Center for Data Innovation)

Ghana study maps okra genetic diversity to speed up breeding (Global Agriculture)

España - Syngenta invierte más de 8,5 millones de euros en El Ejido con un nuevo Centro Tecnológico de I+D en mejora genética referente a nivel mundial (Fhalmeria)

October 2, 2026

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UC Davis wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky named 2026 World Agriculture Prize Laureate - Award recognizes exceptional scientific achievement in agriculture

IRRI and BASF expand research into soil carbon to advance low-emission rice

Study identifies genetic markers for scald resistance in winter malting barley (Vinetur)

September 30, 2026

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CapGen Seeds is taking a significant step forward in agricultural R&D with the opening of its new molecular biology laboratory

A complete pumpkin genome opens the door to better breeding

September 29, 2026

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Enza Zaden and Limagrain Vegetable Seeds strengthen collaboration focused on advancing sustainable resistance solutions against ToBRFV

Austrtalia - New partnership to tackle herbicide-resistant weeds in wheat

September 28, 2026

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Cibus and Crystal Crop Protection team up to improve India’s mustard crop

KOICA-UPLB successfully launches Agricultural Genomics Research Center in Los Baños, The Philippines

Biovegen sella una alianza con SECH y sus 444 científicos para facilitar el acceso a proyectos y empresas biotecnológicas

Right seed, right soil, right management: Rethinking zinc biofortification in wheat

Testing thousands of tomato varieties for multigene ToBRFV resistance (Horti Daily)

Africa’s wheat revolution gets a regional push as experts gather in Addis Ababa

September 25, 2026

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Study traces genetic roots of tomato flavor loss, identifies new pathway for improvement

September 24, 2026

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PlantArcBio's yield-increasing and drought-tolerance genes deliver stronger yields in first open-field corn trial

September 23, 2026

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Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer?

IRRI, University of Nottingham scientists join forces to develop rice that can withstand rising temperatures

Génome Québec backs two AES projects on lettuce and potato breeding

September 22, 2026

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‘Bring us your difficult trait problems’: Biographica, Hudson River partner on crop genome editing (AFN)