The Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame looked into the worlds of crop and livestock breeding and genetics for much of its ...

Innovative plant breeding programmes using safe and proven nuclear techniques are vital for enhancing food security and sustainable agriculture. For nearly 60 years, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of ...

Afza, R., M. Shen, F. J. Zapata-Arias, J. Xie, H. K. Fundi, K. S. Lee, E. Bobadilla-Mucino, A. Kodym, 2000. Effect of spikelet position on rice anther culture ...

About three years ago, Chris Grainger decided it was time to move from the academic world to the world of making money in Canadian agriculture. He started TurnKey Genomics.

A research team has elucidated the role of polyploidy in the evolution and breeding of vegetable crops, leveraging advanced sequencing technologies to dissect the genetic and epigenetic nuances of ...

As erratic rain and heat stress disrupt planting and harvests, Prof. Margaret Smith, plant breeding and genetics, believes hybrids, genetic diversity and adaptive management must work together to ...

The recent surge in the plant-based protein market has resulted in high demands for soybean genotypes with improved grain yield, seed protein and oil content, and essential amino acids (EAAs). Given ...

Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has operationalised a new gene bank to preserve six decades of crop ...

Genomic prediction has become central to human, animal and plant biology, enabling quantitative inference of how genetic variation shapes complex traits. Although these domains share statistical ...

AI-driven plant breeding accelerates trait identification for climate adaptation and food security, but risks inequality and environmental harm. Democratic control of these technologies are vital for ...