Crop pests cause substantial yield losses worldwide and pose persistent challenges to sustainable agriculture.

For thousands of years, humans have sought to improve their plants to ensure they have safe and nutritious sources of food. It started out with the simple act of selecting the strongest, most ...

Plant breeding is critical to the advancement of horticultural, especially in the Solanaceae family (including tomato, pepper, and eggplant), which relies on selecting high-performance lines for ...

New AI-driven platform will integrate data and expertise from across organizations to accelerate development of new pea varieties and reduce costs Saskatoon, SK, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ...

The Philippine government, thru the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC), has undertaken a genetic improvement program of dairy buffaloes. Selection of semen donor bulls is based on the performance of ...

A new study has identified the genetic underpinnings of adaptive strategies adopted by major plant lineages in a naturally harsh environment. These strategies that include the enrichment of ...

Four Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Soil and Crop Sciences plant breeding program development projects have been funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: ...

Saskatoon, SK, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today at the Saskatchewan Crops Forum, Protein Industries Canada announced a new two-year project in its Capacity Building Program with GIFS Ag Tech ...