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March 22, 2024
Breeding food crops for the future - Plant diseases, insects and a changing climate pose ongoing challenges to food crop producers
March 21, 2024
CRISPR technology takes center stage at SXSW 2024 for the first time
February 23, 2024
A scoping review on tools and methods for trait prioritization in crop breeding programmes (Nature) Analysis of 40 years of studies on public crop breeding programs found inequities
February 21, 2024
Can regulators keep up with biotech innovation? The US Biotechnology Regulatory Service must speed up application review in order for gene editing to thrive (The Breakthrough Institute)
February 5, 2024
From California to Kenya: The first year of the CRISPR course for African plant scientists
January 31, 2024
Charting the future of plant biotech - USDA’s role unveiled (Farms.com)
USA - New regulations rooted in evidence: Looking back on how EPA and USDA updated engineered plant regulations and labeling in 2023 (JD Supra)
January 16, 2024
How good crop breeding impacts plant health (Growing Produce)
January 11, 2024
Melanie Cabrera’s pioneering work in plant breeding
December 4, 2023
University of Saskatchewan's Dr. Pierre Hucl reflects on the evolution of wheat breeding in Canada and looks ahead to a bright future
November 17, 2023
Genomic crop research goes wild (The Western Producer)
October 9, 2023
USA - Do we still need public seed breeding? A role for public plants (DTN Progressive Farmer)
October 6, 2023
UC Davis doctoral student Marie Klein’s career boosted with Borlaug Scholar award
August 15, 2023
Best and brightest in plant breeding meet to fight volatile crop growing conditions
July 31, 2023
Plant breeders need to be recognized (The Western Producer)
July 25, 2023
Canada - Gene editing approval big news for crop variety development - Alberta Grains cheers updated guidance on plant breeding innovation (Grains West)
July 10, 2023
The evolution of gene-edited crops - Rory Riggs, CEO of Cibus, discusses the changing world of plant breeding (Bloomberg)
July 6, 2023
Cibus welcomes European Commission proposal on regulation of plants obtained from new genomic techniques
June 29, 2023
Recent regulatory advances pave the way for gene edited crops
June 19, 2023
U.S. National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition celebrates introduction of the Seeds and Breeds for the Future Act
June 5, 2023
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to tighten oversight of gene-edited crops draws mixed response (Science)
May 19, 2023
Canada - Federal government finds balance on gene editing file (The Western Producer)
May 8, 2023
Canada - Gene-editing in plant breeding has one last regulatory hurdle to clear: feed (RealAgriculture)
May 3, 2023
Canola Council welcomes guidance in support of plant breeding innovation
February 14, 2023
How Henry Wallace ushered in hybrid seed corn (Farm Progress)
December 14, 2022
Scientific selection: A century of increasing crop varietal diversity in US wheat (PNAS)
December 9, 2022
Canada - Gene-edited crops rules needed soon (The Western Producer)
December 6, 2022
USDA’s plant variety protection system embraces transgenic and gene edited plants (JD Supra)
November 30, 2022
Benson Hill endorses Framework for Responsible Use of Gene Editing in Agriculture - Framework enables technology developers to demonstrate a commitment to the safe and transparent use of gene editing
November 15, 2022
The quest for drought-tolerant wheat heats up - A hotter, drier future looms but breeding for drought tolerance is a complicated business (Alberta Farmer)
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