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The Plant Breeding Toolbox of the Future

The Plant Breeding Toolbox of the Future

by Ashley Robinson | Jan 20, 2023 | Features, Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

Modern plant breeders have access to a wealth of tools that make their work easier. Long gone are the days of mashing plants together and hoping for the best. Plant breeders now have access to numerous tools which make their breeding work more precise and effective....
Breeding Targets Aren’t Just Optimistic Goals

Breeding Targets Aren’t Just Optimistic Goals

by Alex Martin | Jan 19, 2023 | Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

Like any job, it’s good to have goals in plant breeding. Typically, these goals take the form of breeding targets — characteristics and traits that a breeder hopes to achieve in a variety. And, while a target could take multiple crosses or steps to achieve, they...
How Mendel’s Discoveries Paved the Way for Modern Plant Breeding

How Mendel’s Discoveries Paved the Way for Modern Plant Breeding

by Ally Roden | Jan 18, 2023 | Features, Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

As the global population grows, high-yielding harvests and healthy crops are essential to feed mouths across the world. An answer to this pressing call came a little over 200 years ago in the form of the ‘Father of Genetics’ — also known as Gregor Mendel. Born in...
Behind the Scenes of the Future of Plant Breeding

Behind the Scenes of the Future of Plant Breeding

by Ashley Robinson | Jan 13, 2023 | Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

Plant breeding has come a long way and there’s a wealth of techniques that breeders use to make new crop varieties. Plant breeders are working with everything from conventional plant breeding to newer techniques such as gene editing. On the Jan. 18 episode of Seed...
Gregor Mendel’s Plant Breeding Legacy

Gregor Mendel’s Plant Breeding Legacy

by Ally Roden | Jan 5, 2023 | Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

As the global population grows, high-yielding harvests and healthy crops are essential to feed mouths across the world. Developing resilient plants with enhanced tolerance through plant breeding is a major piece to help solve this puzzle — but where exactly did plant...
Seed Speaks Season Seven Tackles the Future of Plant Breeding

Seed Speaks Season Seven Tackles the Future of Plant Breeding

by Alex Martin | Jan 4, 2023 | Plant Breeding, Seed Speaks

Change is inevitable in our world. Think about it: Just about 40 years ago, technology like the Internet was completely new — you couldn’t find it in every household. Today, 5.07 billion people around the world use the internet — that’s 63.5 per cent of the world’s...
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