Taking a look at one very successful Alberta-based initiative. The 4-P model (public/private/producer partnership) for...
Plant Breeding
Alberta Regional Variety Trials
The Alberta Regional Variety Testing program (RVT) is the most trusted source of variety information for producers in...
Genome of Wheat Ancestor Sequenced
Technological Breakthrough Will Help Decode Massive Bread Wheat Genome, Accelerate Wheat Breeding Sequencing the bread...
Keeping Up with Alfalfa Advances
Whether it’s new conventional varieties with better winter hardiness and disease resistance, there’s a lot happening...
Public Versus Private Crop Breeding
There are some important differences between public and private breeding – and how these differences affect seed...
Starting with the Best
Quality assurances of varietal purity, germination and freedom from impurities are just a few reasons why certified...
On The Edge
Can epigenetics change the way we breed crops for drought and climate change? Epigenetically manipulated crops have...
Researchers identify gene to help hybrid wheat breeding
Australian researchers at the University of Adelaide have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when...
ASTA Launches Plant Breeding Animation Video
CropLife International and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) launched an animated video exploring the history...
Australia scientists make accidental breakthrough that could lead to drought-proof crops
A group of Australian National University (ANU) scientists has made a major breakthrough that could improve...
Hybrids Change Cereal Grain Economics
What hybrid varieties have done for corn and canola is now occurring with rye, and should soon be happening with...
Chinese Academy of Sciences Partners with Bayer to Improve Wheat Yields
A team of researchers from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and...
German breeders develop ‘open-source’ plant seeds
There's open-source software, open-source pharma research, and open-source beer. Now, there are open-source seeds,...
Wheat Midge Tolerance Gene Detected in Soft White Wheat
Through recent advancements in marker technology, SeCan recently discovered that the majority of the soft white wheat...
Barley Genome Sequenced
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside are among a group of 77 scientists worldwide who have...
PGDC on the Cutting-Edge
Gene editing and climate change were major topics on the agenda at this year’s meeting of the Prairie Grain...
LCRC receives recommendation for interim registration on first variety
The first variety from Limagrain Cereals Research Canada's (LCRC) cereal breeding program has been recommended for...
Agricultural robot may be ‘game changer’ for crop growers, breeders
A semiautonomous robot may soon be roaming agricultural fields gathering and transmitting real-time data about the...
Limagrain Cereals Research Canada
Last summer, an exciting new research and breeding partnership between Canterra Seeds and Limagrain was announced. The...
Gene editing is just advanced plant breeding, ASTA says
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2016 - Gene editing is simply the latest development in the evolution of plant breeding, the head...