January 16, 2026

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Canada’s public wheat breeding under review (Grainews)

New chemical method makes it easier to select desirable traits in crops

Vielfalt ist unsere Lebensversicherung – Sorten und Saatgut als strategische Ressource - Pflanzenzüchtung ist Schlüssel moderner Vorsorge- und Resilienzpolitik

January 15, 2026

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AI cracks the code for faster, better crops - Hainan's Fan project boosts food security, helps meet national goals (China Daily)

Wild Bio and The Traits Company join forces to accelerate next-gen soybean development (AgTechNavigator)

Study: Wheat, barley were ‘founder crops’ (World-Grain)

National consortium formed to accelerate Canadian pea breeding through genomic selection

30 years of breeding for fusarium head blight resistance in wheat: a success story (ESS Open Archive)

Texas A&M trio leads new frontier in horticultural science - Plant genetics, physiology and chemistry align to advance sustainability, food security and wellness

January 14, 2026

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Call to join the Bere Barley Participatory Network - Researchers at The James Hutton Institute, in partnership with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), are exploring how different Bere barley varieties perform across a wide range of environments in Scotland and beyond

Breeding climate-resilient wheat for Nepalese agricultural system under diverse abiotic stresses using an integrated AMMI, GGE and stress tolerance indices (Nature)

Cquesta expands innovation platform with Danforth Center technology to accelerate development of climate-resilient corn

Científico chileno usa radiación nuclear para crear plantas más resistentes a la sequía (Reporte agricola)

January 13, 2026

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A year of breakthroughs: Tropic Biosciences' 2025 highlights

Züchtungsfortschritt im Leguminosenanbau - Mehr Ertragssicherheit mit modernen Sorten von Hauptsaaten

Resignation of  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Swift Current wheat breeder raises concerns across industry (Strathmore Now)

Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern (The Western Producer)

AI and genetics: North Carolina based startup Avalo reshapes crop breeding to meet climate challenges (Agro Empresario)

Texas A&M AgriLife will move center from Amarillo to Canyon on Jan. 21

Pesquisa revela regiões ideais do genoma do milho para criação de plantas transgênicas

International collaboration aims to improve key crops for Rwandan farmers

January 9, 2026

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Grower feedback drives breeding decisions

A new spring wheat germplasm promises to reduce economic losses caused by fusarium - Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are helping American wheat farmers fight a devastating crop disease

You can’t see it, but it’s saving lives: zinc in staple crops - By embedding zinc enrichment directly into elite wheat lines, scientists are turning a once “hidden hunger” solution into a mainstream breeding breakthrough

January 8, 2026

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AI meets plant breeding: Heritable Agriculture and KWS target feed trait breakthroughs (AgTechNavigator)

January 7, 2026

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How we create the best fresh market sweet corn

PubPlant: The Google Maps of Plant DNA

January 6, 2026

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Study published in Nature Plants shows striking convergent selection history of wheat and barley and its potential for breeding

Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter zieht Jahresbilanz: 2025 war ein Weckruf für die Bedeutung von Sorten und Saatgut als strategische Ressource

January 5, 2026

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Pakistan - First speed breeding facility for wheat, pulses inaugurated (Business Recorder)