November 13, 2026

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Österreichische Züchter forschen an widerstandsfähigeren Sorten - Stresstolerante Wurzelsysteme sind essenziell, um Trockenheit und Hitze besser zu überstehen

November 12, 2026

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Small Grains Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign receives three USDA grants in support of oat-breeding research

New research project will use nuclear techniques to develop climate-resilient crops and assess their nutritional benefits in the Indo-Pacific region

USA - Turfgrass programs see banner year in support of research - Research support at university turf programs help universities attract and retain talent in key areas (GCM Online)

Clemson University doctoral graduate works to bring lentils to Southeastern farms

November 10, 2026

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Climate-resilient seeds: breeding, gene editing or seed enhancement?

New labs, machinery, and training strengthen Pakistan’s wheat research as its partnership with CIMMYT turns 60

November 9, 2026

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United KIngdom - Demo farm trials tell the sustainability story behind modern breeding

Giving wheat breeders hyper vision - CSIRO researchers are testing a state-of-the-art camera, coupled with machine learning, to predict complex traits like photosynthesis from a single drone flight as part of a research partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Triticale’s origin story and what it can teach us about innovation on the farm (The Western Producer)

November 6, 2026

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A comprehensive study on groundnut diversity covering 2,320 accessions from 87 countries identifies genes for flowering-time regulation and dwarfing, laying the groundwork for breeding climate resilient varieties

Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) signs deal with Japan’s International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) to develop improved soybean varieties (Daily Sun)

Trigo argentino: el mejoramiento genético permitió aumentar cerca de 1 % por año el rendimiento

November 5, 2026

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and  International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sign strategic cooperation framework to advance climate-resilient rice systems

A recap: Computomics at Euroseeds 2026 in Valencia, Spain - What Euroseeds 2026 told us about AI in plant breeding

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) develops high-yielding salt-tolerant rice variety (Dhaka Tribune)

Mit präzisen Vorhersagen zu besseren Sorten - GFPi-Jahrestagung zeigt, wie Grundlagenforschung und neue Vorhersagemethoden den Züchtungsfortschritt beschleunigen können

Semillas y propiedad intelectual: “Mientras Brasil tiene 15 programas de mejoramiento en soja, Argentina solo dos” (InfoCampo)

November 4, 2026

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Promising resistance sources to build wheat’s defence against powdery mildew

November 3, 2026

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Rund 5 Millionen Euro für die innovative Pflanzenzüchtung - Deutsche Saatveredelung investiert in den Ausbau ihrer Züchtungs- und Geschäftsaktivitäten am Standort Wardington, Vereinigtes Königreich

Computomics Blog S1E9 - Resourceful breeders: Overcoming constraints with creativity

British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB), 60th AGM: Celebrating 60 years of representing plant breeding

Dal seme nasce il futuro: ricerca e miglioramento genetico per l’agricoltura di domani

China’s Sichuan province turns to germplasm and breeding innovation to lift agricultural productivity (AgroSpectrum)

Enkhuizen, The Netherlands - Sow to Grow museum highlights history and future of plant breeding (Horti Daily)

New research aims to speed delivery of improved crops to farmers - FFAR and matching funders Iowa State University (ISU), KeyGene, KWS and RAGT are providing a combined investment of $960,107 to ISU researchers to improve doubled haploid technology

November 2, 2026

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Bayer secures commercial license to a gene-editing technology from the University of California, Davis, and plans to develop grains that can fix nitrogen from the air (BigGo Finance)

Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) secures Indo-US grant for AI-based soybean breeding (Kashmir Life)

October 30, 2026

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Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how new crops and treatments are invented - The implications go well beyond technology

Clemson University and USDA/ARS develop tools to breed disease-resistant watermelons