June 26, 2026

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Syngenta Vegetable Seeds - Breeding better cauliflower for resistance and resilience

Improving efficiency: U.S. plant breeders discuss emerging technologies - Texas A&M breeders, students connect with industry at National Association for Plant Breeding meeting

How Bayer is using AI to transform agricultural research (TheAgriBiz)

Becks and RAGT select Phytoforms Ai-powered gene tuning to develop next-generation corn trait product

June 25, 2026

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Sakata Seed Corporation Inaugurates Ishigaki Research Station in Ishigaki City, Okinawa, Japan - Acceleration of breeding for tropical regions through research on weather tolerance

Rothamsted Research welcomes the new EU regulations for light-touch approval of gene-edited crops

Ethiopia’s capacity to improve crop varieties for farmers has been boosted by a 5-year breeding modernisation partnership with The University of Queensland

¿Es posible silenciar el Virus del Rugoso del Tomate (ToBRFV) activando las defensas naturales de la planta? La ciencia demuestra que sí

June 24, 2026

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China Agricultural University researchers discover key gene regulating cuticular wax and drought tolerance in sorghum

Texas Tech University, Punjab Agricultural University lead global push for smarter AI-powered crop breeding

Programa de melhoramento do algodoeiro da Embrapa é destaque em simpósio internacional de genética

June 23, 2026

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Flooded pea fields face an old enemy: aphanomyces root rot - University of Saskatchewan breeders have six promising lines entering registration trials, part of a years-long hunt for partial resistance to a disease no pea variety can fully shake

ERC funds research on the targeted control of plant gene - Researchers are developing the foundations for a new form of plant breeding in which genes are not altered, but specifically controlled
ERC fördert Forschung zur gezielten Steuerung von Pflanzengenen - Forscher entwickeln Grundlagen für eine neuartige Pflanzenzüchtung, bei der Gene nicht verändert, sondern gezielt gesteuert werden

Make sense of science: Multimodial prediction - Why plant breeding needs more than DNA

June 22, 2026

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Grandvilliers, France : Linéa Semences développe le lin de demain (La Gazette France)

UC Davis student-led program develops blue wheat (Capital Press)

NuCicer advances high-protein chickpea genetics and field validation to strengthen non-GMO ingredient strategy (Tipranks)

June 19, 2026

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Researcher develop rapid transformation method to improve finger millet

June 18, 2026

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Rijk Zwaan opens breeding station in Brazil

Euroseeds welcomes political agreement on the new EU seed law

Computomix podcast S7E10: Deep learning for genomic prediction in plant breeding

British Society of Plant Breeders celebrates 60 years of representing plant breeding in the UK

Tecniche di Evoluzione Assistita (TEA), Assosementi - Il via libera del Parlamento europeo è una pietra miliare per l’innovazione agricola

European Union - Commission welcomes final agreement on rules for plants obtained by new genomic techniques in plants

European Union - New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture

Eagle Lake Rice Field Day to showcase Texas A&M Agrilife's latest rice research on June 30

European Union recognizes nature-based plant improvement, opening a new pathway for Cibus

June 17, 2026

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Coalition of 30 agri-food organisations welcomes adoption of EU NGT Regulation
30 organizaciones del sector agroalimentario europeo celebran la adopción del Reglamento NGTs

European Union finally adopts NGT Regulation, opening a new chapter for plant breeding innovation in Europe

Biotechnologies végétales : l’Europe choisit l’innovation
Plant biotechnology: Europe chooses innovation
Pflanzenbiotechnologie: Europa setzt auf Innovation