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Cereals

La IA y los sensores descubren qué trigo aguanta mejor el cambio climático
13/04/2026 - Un estudio de la Universidad de Barcelona y del centro de investigación Agrotecnio ha identificado las características que hacen que una variedad de trigo duro combine alta productividad con...
BetterSeeds and Caszyme target tissue culture bottleneck with viral delivery of ultra‑compact CRISPR tools
13/04/2026 - Gene editing has advanced rapidly over the past decade, but commercial deployment in crops has lagged behind expectations. According to BetterSeeds, a plant biotech company developing...
EU seed law reform: Can Europe balance modern breeding and crop diversity?
10/04/2026 - As trilogue negotiations on the new EU seed law draw near (April 21), advocacy and seed preservation NGO Arche Noah warns the current draft risks creating a “de facto ban” on newly-bred, local...
Molecular Farming Pioneer Moolec Science Produces Iron-Rich Beef Protein in Pea Seeds
10/04/2026 - Moolec Science has achieved a breakthrough in its molecular farming tech, genetically engineering pea seeds to produce bovine myoglobin, a heme-containing protein.Nearly a year after completing a...
Cebada editada con CRISPR recibe la primera autorización para comercialización en UK
09/04/2026 - Una variedad de cebada desarrollada por Rothamsted Research se ha convertido en el primer cultivo en obtener autorización para su comercialización bajo la nueva normativa del Reino Unido...
March recap: Top 10 innovation, startups, industry trend stories
08/04/2026 - Bayer’s second Ag Playbook is laying out the realities about the time and cost required to bring regulated agricultural technologies to market. (Koljambus/Getty Images)
CRISPR wheat cuts carcinogen risk without yield loss, strengthening case for precision gene editing
08/04/2026 - Scientists at Rothamsted Research have developed a new form of wheat with dramatically reduced levels of asparagine, using CRISPR genome editing to target the problem at its genetic source,...
Precision Reimagined: TALENs for Better Crops
01/04/2026 - Agriculture constantly faces the battle against biotic and abiotic stresses. To ensure global food security, scientists are advancing gene editing with greater precision through plant breeding...
Foray Bioscience and Z’s Nutty Ridge target a faster path to scaling hazelnut trees
07/04/2026 - Foray Bioscience, a plant biomanufacturing company developing plant products and so‑called “fabricated seeds” from cells, has announced a new partnership with Z’s Nutty Ridge, a nut tree...
? Digital twins: Heritable Ag combines AI, genomics and environmental data to slash R&D timelines
02/04/2026 - The one-of-a-kind model gathers trial ownership, mission-driven investors, public funding, and community dollars into a single capital stack.The post
‘Unicorn ambition, global impact’: Heritable Ag’s dual mission to accelerate crop innovation
02/04/2026 - Heritable Agriculture CEO Brad Zamft is on a mission to make biology move faster. His company has built an AI‑powered platform that integrates genomics, multi‑omics data analysis, machine...
An integrative multi-omics based approach to determining the rate-limiting factors of the production of anti-insect sesquiterpenes in Solanum habrochaites
25/03/2026 - Between 20-40% of global crop production is lost to pests annually, with the majority of crops never reaching their genetic potential for yield. Certain plant species, like wild tomato (Solanum...
Safety evaluation of the food enzyme endo‐1,4‐β‐xylanase from the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain Dp‐Nzd66
01/04/2026 - The food enzyme endo‐1,4‐β‐xylanase (4‐β‐d‐xylan xylanohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.8) is produced with the genetically modified Trichoderma reesei strain DP‐Nzd66 by Genencor International...
Seeds of Change: Inside the UK's Precision Breeding Revolution
26/03/2026 - The agricultural landscape in the United Kingdom is undergoing its most significant transformation in a generation. As of March 2026, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 has moved...
Unlocking designed roots for future cereal crops
- A plant signalling gene has been identified as a promising target for breeding cereal crops to produce a steeper, narrower root system architecture, but with associated yield...
Unexpected potential bacterial symbiosis found in fungus that causes angular leaf spot
- Scientists have uncovered an unexpected microbial relationship that could help explain differences in the severity of a major disease affecting common beans. The discovery sheds light on how the...
Philanthropy steps in where VC won’t: DSV and Renaissance launch venture engine for climate‑ready crops
30/03/2026 - Deep Science Ventures (DSV) and Renaissance Philanthropy have announced a new venture creation initiative designed to accelerate breakthrough solutions for climate‑induced crop instability. The...
Green Horizons: plant science careers for a food-secure future
- The Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) virtual training...
How Do GM Crops Help Smallholder Farmers?
18/03/2026 - Since 1996, genetically modified (GM) crops have taken root on over 218 million hectares worldwide....