February 9, 2026

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Scientists hail giant leap for eggplant: Powerful, publicly-accessible pangenomes could unlock breeding potential 

February 6, 2026

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Cibus partnering with The John Innes Centre for UK Government’s Farming Innovation Programme Precision Breeding Initiative  - Cibus to utilize proprietary Rapid Trait Development System to enable development of durable resistance to Light Leaf Spot disease, which has caused estimated yield losses of up to £300m in recent years

Engineering humanity’s most important crops for a warming planet

February 5, 2026

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Mum Knows Best – how maternal messages prime seeds for success

New £2.5m project aims to tackle the UK’s biggest oilseed rape disease and rebuild the crop’s future

USDA/NIFA invests $3.9M in conventional plant breeding research

Argentina - El INTA avanza en la edición génica de variedades líderes de arroz

February 4, 2026

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China-Pakistan hybrid rice technology - Joint initiative expands trials and training in food security and agricultural cooperation (CGTN)

Türkiye develops cold-resistant crops in Erzurum research center (Hurriyet Daily News)

£3M awarded to precision breeding project to save waning UK tomato sector (Food Manufacture)

Doctoral candidate in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture demonstrates hybrid wheat’s potential to improve yield, stability

Advancing cereal resilience through regional collaboration under the CLIMARES project - CIMMYT and partners advanced regional collaboration under the CLIMARES project, strengthening cereal resilience through improved nematode management, accelerated wheat breeding, and the sustainable use of plant genetic resources

Canadian Seed Growers’ Association statement on AAFC research facility closures

February 3, 2026

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Genes from corn's wild ancestor change soil microbial community, improve sustainability

February 2, 2026

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Heritable Agriculture gets $5M for AI crop resilience as Africa emerges as agtech’s next frontier (AgTech Nvigator)

January 30, 2026

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Unveiling key genetic loci and candidate genes for brown spot disease resistance in rice based on QTL analysis (Nature)

How hybrid wheat could change farming (PreventionWeb)

New oat pangenome research explains why breeding has been slow and what could change next - Cracking crop’s pangenome could improve breeding decisions, but farmers still years away from seeing practical results (The Western Grower)

Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) researchers to expand self-cloning crop technology for Indian farmers

January 29, 2026

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ToBRFV: perché la resistenza multigenica fa la differenza

Scientists make important discovery in 50-year barley mystery

A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant - Researchers uncover a new genetic defense that could help breed virus-resistant crops and reduce pesticide use worldwide

Rijk Zwaan's R&D investment reaps the rewards (EuroFruit)

Canada - Organic research program cut - The Swift Current, Saskatchewan research centre is staying open, but the organic and regenerative agriculture program has been closed (The Western Producer)

Trilateral initiative aims to accelerate science and innovation for global food resilience

Grant to expand self-cloning crop technology for Indian farmers - UC Davis plant biologist Venkatesan Sundaresan receives grant to produce higher-yielding crops for sustainable agriculture

FFAR, Good Food Institute launch funding opportunity advancing protein flavor & functionality

Fixação Biológica de Nitrogênio reduz em 50% a emissão de óxido nitroso em lavoura de feijão no Cerrado

January 28, 2026

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Bayer investing more than $45M CAD to build world class Canola Research and Development facility in Canada

Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF) concerned for ag research capacity with AAFC site closures and layoffs