October 16, 2026

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Rice breeding research targets stemborer amidst El Niño

Africa at the forefront as the Millets And Other Ancient Grains International Research Initiative (MAHARISHI) program opens funded millet research training in India

Seed industry thrives in Changfeng County of Hefei, east China's Anhui Province (People's Daily)

Researchers from four countries train in breeding wheat for disease resistance at CIMMYT

Turning up the heat on chickpea yield

October 15, 2026

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Origin Agritech launches stress-tolerant corn breeding for southwest China markets, with supports from Guizhou state entities

A University of Queensland study has outlined a practical pathway for accelerating the development of heat adapted chickpeas using data from new ‘omic’ technologies

October 14, 2026

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Rust-proofing Australian barley: a fight against evolution

Western Australia - Doubled haploid research project to further accelerate new grains variety development

October 12, 2026

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Haji Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) research finds potentials of developing blast disease-resistant rice (BSS News)

A new tool developed by University of Queensland researchers will allow consumer preferences to guide breeding programs for new fruit varieties

China unveils AI-powered robot designed to help farmers breed better strains of wheat (South China Morning Post)

October 9, 2026

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Des techniques nucléaires permettent d’améliorer des variétés de riz et d’augmenter les rendements en République démocratique populaire lao

October 6, 2026

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists identify eight stable, high-yield onion genotypes across India (Global Agriculture)

Equipping today’s breeders to lead tomorrow’s crop research and development - A three-day CIMMYT-BISA Training Workshop at Hyderabad, India, introduced wheat and maize breeders across the national agricultural research system to emerging AI-driven tools and applications in crop breeding and data management

October 5, 2026

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Australia - Rapid backcrossing delivers longer-season lupins

Morrison & Foerster's Plant Gene-Editing Regulation Roundup, September 2026 (JD Supra)

September 30, 2026

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A complete pumpkin genome opens the door to better breeding

September 23, 2026

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

September 18, 2026

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CIMMYT and APSA forge new opportunities for advanced innovations in maize for the Asian region

September 17, 2026

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Breeding for better rotations opens a new frontier in farming systems

September 14, 2026

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Breakthrough in one-line hybrid rice: Achieving near-100% clonal seed production with normal seed set

September 11, 2026

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IRRI and CIMMYT strengthen collaboration to accelerate delivery of climate-resilient crop varieties

Cloud AI platform links rice grain traits to genes for crop improvement (Bioengineer)

September 10, 2026

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Uzbekistan, Serbia develop climate-resilient crop varieties (Trend News Agency)

September 8, 2026

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GEAIR 2.0, the world's first humanoid embodied-intelligence robot designed for crop breeding, unveiled at the 33rd China Beijing Seed Industry Conference (China Daily)

September 7, 2026

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Training Course on Nuclear Crop Breeding concludes at NIAB Faisalabad (APP)

Chinese scientists crack the genetic barrier blocking Asian-African rice Crossbreeding (Global Agriculture)

September 1, 2026

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China unveils 1st domestically developed tomato breeding gene chip (Global Times)

Nuclear techniques improve rice varieties, boost yields in Lao PDR