Latest posts tagged with #plantBreeding on Bluesky
Rising yields are not only a story of genetics, agronomy and machinery. A new NBER paper suggests rising CO₂ may also have played a larger role in crop productivity, especially for wheat, than many models assume.
#Agriculture #Seeds #PlantBreeding #Wheat #Climate
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
Grain zinc, iron & protein concentrations in new wheat varieties have declined since the 1960s. Combining agronomic & genetic #Biofortification is key for improving grain nutrient concentrations and addressing micronutrient deficiencies: doi.org/10.1038/s430... #Nutrition #PlantBreeding #Fertilizer
The left circle shows how plant breeding and fiber science increase dietary fiber while assessing farming, milling, bread-making, health, and economic impacts. The arrows show continuous feedback and improvement loop. The right circle shows public health stakeholders supporting incentives, such as grower premiums. The “little hinge” coordinates.
🌱 From Foods: Breeding staple crops for higher nutrition could improve public health at scale, reducing chronic disease risk without requiring diet changes. (Barbara Schneeman, Payam Vahmani, Xiaofei Zhang)
▶️ www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/15...
#PublicHealth #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #SmallGrains
If you're studying #Agriculture #PlantBreeding and would be interested in #IndustryPlacement experience, there is an opportunity at our @kwsgroup.bsky.social Breeding Station in Thriplow, Cambridgeshire:
jobs.kws.com/job/Thriplow...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceUK #outdoorclassroom
These seeds are from the government, and they’re here to help you – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog agro.biodiver.se/2026/03/thes...
#genebanks #conservation #agrobiodiversity #biodiversity #plantbreeding #seeds
Fig fruits from the UC Davis campus.
🌱 From Frontiers in Plant Science: Genome analysis of 286 Mediterranean figs reveals genes shaping fruit size, sweetness and firmness, opening new paths for breeding improved varieties. (Mitchell J. Feldmann, Steven J. Knapp)
▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #Figs
Yield gains up to 24% were seen in field trials of rice plants with an improved version of a newly identified regulator. The discovery could help boost crop yields while reducing dependence on synthetic fertilisers: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02... #Rice #Yields #PlantBreeding #Nitrogen #NUE #Fertilizer
Call for papers on phenomic prediction in plant breeding by The Plant Phenomics Journal, featuring aerial farmland imagery.
High-throughput phenotyping & predictive modeling are reshaping plant breeding.
Seeking your research on phenomics for:
• Selection accuracy & intensity
• Sensor data + AI for trait prediction
• Germplasm characterization & efficiency gains
https://ow.ly/Q6qA50Ynt6h
#PlantBreeding #Phenomics
A major milestone for NGTs in Europe may be within reach — but the process isn’t over yet.
Seed World Europe's Petar Madjarac & Marcel Bruins explain where EU regulation stands & why the next political decisions matter for plant breeding. #NGTs #PlantBreeding
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
In an online survey in Spain (n=500), participants prioritised pesticide reduction when assessing potential benefits of #CRISPR. Two groups emerged: one motivated by environmental #sustainability, the other by health and sensory quality: doi.org/10.1186/s401... #GeneEditing #PlantBreeding #Health
New Caladium Cultivars UF-15-131 and UF-15-627 for Containers and Landscapes
Two new caladium cultivars released from UF_IFAS: 'UF-15-131' (Juicy Gossip) and 'UF-15-627' (Passion Punch) offers superior sunburn tolerance & disease resistance, perfect for containers & landscapes. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI19155-25 #horticulture #plantbreeding #Floridaagriculture
A little behind the scenes for you today, some photos from Nigel's visit to one of our top plant breeders this week.
10 points for anyone who recognises the nursery!
#plantbreeding #pbr #plantbreeder #gardening #garden #newplants #youngplants #behindthescenes
#Biofortification is a cost-effective & scalable strategy to reduce micronutrient deficiencies. In 2023, an estimated 177-293 million people consumed zinc-rich rice & wheat (Bangladesh, Pakistan) and vitamin A-rich maize & cassava (Nigeria): doi.org/10.1016/j.cd... #Nutrition #PlantBreeding
Stay tuned for job openings in the coming months! 📢
🌐 www.landw.uni-halle.de/pphen
💼 www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-roth-700a15383
#Agriculture #PlantBreeding #Phenotyping #PlantScience #ComputerVision #Robotics #MachineLearning #FieldCrops #Wheat #HTFP
Day dreaming of breeding a sweet beet that smells like petrichor and is not astringent.
#BetaVulgaris #PlantBreeding
🌱 From Plant Science: Seed treatments protect crops but can damage seeds. This review shows that dose, formulation, and storage shape affect germination and vigor. (Venicius Urbano Vilela Reis, Everson Reis Carvalho, Imtiyaz Khanday)
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PlantBreeding
Laide Abbas Rasaki, former emPLANT+ Master student at COBI @bokuvienna.bsky.social, now graduate student at NCSU, talking about his former Master's project.
www.thisdaylive.com/2025/08/12/n...
#plantbreeding #bioinformatics #genomics #betavulgaris
Corn bred with genes from wild relatives can reshape soil microbial communities and reduce #nitrogen loss -- with no yield reduction -- according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. #microbiome #plantbreeding #microorganisms are grand!
www.agrimarketing.com/s/156121
#Nigeria: The fight against #vitaminA deficiency has been transformed thru the large-scale introduction of vitamin A #maize from conventional #plantbreeding. Today, 2 m #farmers grow the maize, improving the #diets of 65 m Nigerians: harvestplus.solutions/scaling-vita... #biofortification #nutrition
Cacao pods on a tree
Join the Crop Science Dept. for a funded PhD in partnership with Mondelēz International exploring the development of resilient cocoa varieties. Includes placement. Apply now! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#CropScience #PlantBreeding #Cacao #Cocoa #PhD #PhDScholarship #Agriculture #PlantBreeding
Obituary for Indian Plant Scientist Ebrahimali Abubacker Siddiq.
EA Siddiq contributed to the development of dwarfed Basmati Rice, among many other contributions.
thefederal.com/category/obi...
#PlantScience #Obituary #PlantBreeding #Rice
Check out the Beta vulgaris resource for genomes (and more) from wild and cultivated beets sequenced by us. Newest addition is sugar beet genome RefBeet-3.0, with sequences organised into 9 pseudochromosomes.
bvseq.boku.ac.at
#betavulgaris #sugarbeet #plantbreeding #bioinformatics #biotechnology
#EFSA: A new two-event stack GM #soybean is as safe as non-GM varieties with respect to potential effects on #health and the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #plantbreeding #GMO #foodsafety #biosafety #environment
Research with a Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits:
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
🧬From The Journal of Heredity: New SSR markers were mapped across the common bean genome, strengthening linkage maps and expanding tools for genetic mapping and marker-assisted breeding. (Paul Gepts)
▶️ academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding
Analysis of self-pollination and interspecific #hybridisation affinity of #Rhododendron and parental selection.
To read this article in JHSB 101:1, visit: doi.org/10.1080/1462...
#PlantBreeding #azalea #pollination
By facilitating conservation #tillage (i.e. reduced and no tillage), herbicide-tolerant crops and the corresponding #herbicides can help reduce carbon #emissions compared to conventional plow-based crop production: doi.org/10.1080/2164... #GMO #plantbreeding #agriculture
Figure 1. Regulation of homogalacturonan (HG) methylesterification in the plant cell wall (CW) in Arabidopsis. This schematic illustrates the multilayered regulation of HG methylesterification in the CW of the model plant Arabidopsis. The degree of methylesterification (DM) is modulated by numerous transcription factors (TFs) (LUH, BLH2, BLH4, ERF4, ETTIN, BLR, STK, and MYB52) that directly regulate pectin methylesterase (PME)/pectin methylesterase inhibitor (PMEI) expression, as well as by ubiquitin ligases (FLY1, FLY2, MUD1) that control PME recycling and stability. Hormones also modulate HG methylesterification. Ethylene and abscisic acid (ABA) promote HG demethylesterification, while gibberellic acid (GA) and brassinosteroids (BR) inhibit it. Auxin can either promote or inhibit HG demethylesterification, which might be determined by DM. In addition, apoplastic pH influences the enzymatic function of PME/PMEI through acidification driven by H+-ATPase, proton pump embedded in the plasma membrane (PM). Red arrows indicate positive regulation, blue arrow indicate negative regulation, and dashed indicated regulatory relationships that are not fully confirmed. The multiple layers described above-including TFs, post-transcriptional regulators, hormones, and apoplastic pH—are interwoven to form a complex network controlling HG methylesterification. Arrows indicate positive (red) or negative (blue) regulation. The red arrows with double heads refer to indirect positive regulation. Black dotted lines suggest interactions that are not fully characterized or confirmed.
🌱 From Agronomy: Insights into pectin methylesterification show how cell wall chemistry and mechanics shape growth, stress tolerance, and crop quality, guiding targeted breeding strategies. (Isabel B. Ortega-Salazar, Barbara Blanco-Ulate)
▶️ www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15...
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding
#LegumeGenerationCrops
🤔How can the breeding of phaseolus beans in Europe🇪🇺 be advanced?
Learn in the visual below 👇
ℹ️ legumehub.eu
@LegumeHubEU
#phaseolusbean #innovation #research #legumes #plantbreeding
