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🌱 Europe is moving forward on New Genomic Techniques! Euroseeds highlights how updated EU regulation can unlock plant breeding innovation, boost sustainability, and strengthen food security across the value chain. 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ngts-g...
An international research team publish an open workflow to facilitate gene knockouts with #CRISPR, for the development of tomato disease resistance 🍅
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
🌱34 agri-food partners call on MEPs to swiftly adopt the EU #NGT Regulation without further amendments.
A clear, workable framework will boost sustainable farming, climate resilience & innovation in Europe.
euroseeds.eu/news/a-coali...
🫛 Peas form root nodules that allow them to obtain nitrogen through a symbiosis with soil bacteria.
Researchers used #CRISPR #GenomeEditing to knock-out and identify the gene that is essential for the symbiosis 👇
www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...
🥒🌞 Juicy, crispy summer cucumbers are the best!
But cucumber has come a long way.
From tiny, bitter fruits on thorny vines to smooth and mild salad ingredients on our plate - check out the story of @plants4thefuture.bsky.social 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/made-b...
🌱New insight into early plant development
Rice University researchers used #CRISPR #GenomeEditing
in model plant Arabidopsis, to understand how seedlings use stored energy before photosynthesis.
👉 news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
Partnering for more resilient wheat 🌾
@johninnescentre.bsky.social and @cimmyt.bsky.social are joining forces to boost wheat research for climate resilience, better yields and food security 🌍🔬
As part of this, they pursue new technologies such as #GenomeEditing
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🌳 Researchers at the Beijing Forestry University optimized #CRISPR #GenomeEditing technique for poplar.
Tree genome editing methods are important in forestry research, especially under climate change.
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
🌱 New @seedfed.bsky.social guideline on social responsibility in the seed sector is out!
A practical, voluntary guide to strengthen responsible labor practices, boost awareness & build capacity across seed value chains.
worldseed.org/our-work/sus...
🌾 Speed matters in plant breeding!
Developing a new variety takes about 10–12 years.
To respond faster to disease pressure and the changing climate, one of the tools we use to speed up breeding is double‑haploid production.
Watch how it works 👇
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🔓 Unlocking the full potential of plant breeding through New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs) is essential for the future of European agriculture. 🧬🌱
NGTs can help breeders develop crop varieties that are ...
CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas9)-based genome editing has emerged as a powerful tool for developing disease-resis...
www.frontiersin.org
A coalition of 34 European agri-food value chain organisations has called on Members of the European Parliament to support the adoption of the trilogue compromise text on plants produced by certain Ne...
