July 14, 2020

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Major Impacts of Widespread Structural Variation on Gene Expression and Crop Improvement in Tomato (Cell)

Canada - Cancellation of the 2020 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

United Kingdom - Oilseed rape seed dressing offers hope for flea beetle control (Farmers Weekly)

USA - Food companies step up funding for organic farming research - Clif Bar, King Arthur Flour, Organic Valley, and others are providing university endowments to counter a system stacked in favor of conventional agriculture (Civil Eats)

Smart Scholarship explores smart weed management technology - University of Western Australia researchers investigate the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) to detect early-weeds in broadacre wheat crops

USA - Leadership transition announced for National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Nuclear technology helps to develop heat-tolerant tomato varieties in Mauritius

Crop disease pandemic coming ‘sooner rather than later’ (SciDev.Net)

Produtores alcançam altas produtividades em ambientes com nematoide de cisto

DLF Pickseed offers forage options following winter wheat

New Zealand’s designs are now on European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) 'DesignView' search tool

Kelly Iverson joins National Seed Health System Team as Program Coordinator

Paraguay - Última zafra confirma sanidad y alto rendimiento de variedades Sojapar

FMC Corporation announces the election of John Davidson to the Board of Directors

Brasil - BioSemeie: Aplicativo para gestão de casas de sementes