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Brainfood: Ag research ROI, CGIAR & climate change, Crop species diversity, Training plant breeders, AI & plant breeding, Wheat breeding review, Wheat landraces, CIMMYT wheat breeding, Wheat D genome, Forages pre-breeding, Impact of new varieties, Two long-term barley experiment, High protein peas, Watermelon super-pangenome, Resynthesizing mustard, Consumer preference and breeding

Agricultural Biodiversity

Crop species diversity: A key strategy for sustainable food system transformation and climate resilience. Cultivating success: Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The Role of Crop Wild Relatives and Landraces of Forage Legumes in Pre-Breeding as a Response to Climate Change.

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Brainfood: Nutrition edition

Agricultural Biodiversity

Which crop biodiversity is used by the food industry throughout the world? Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. A first evidence for legume species. Mainly soy, alas. But documenting knowledge will be key in either case.

Grain 223
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Brainfood: Maize, Chickpea, CWR, Canola, Coconut, Avocado, Eggplant, Carrot, Watermelon, Citrus, Potato, Pearl millet, Roses

Agricultural Biodiversity

Crop wild relatives in Lebanon: mapping the distribution of Poaceae and Fabaceae priority taxa for conservation planning. A Citrullus genus super-pangenome reveals extensive variations in wild and cultivated watermelons and sheds light on watermelon evolution and domestication.

Maize 203
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Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

This rule will disproportionally stifle innovation by publicly supported federal and academic plant breeders and smaller plant breeding companies, inhibiting their development of new varieties, particularly of specialty and other smaller acreage crops. These characteristics have been sought after by plant breeders for centuries.

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Research Highlights Chickpea Versatility as a Crop

ATTRA

They published their work in The Plant Biotechnology. Scientists say that two-thirds of global food production is based on just nine crop species, so it’s in the interest of global food security to identify other reliable food sources that can perform well in changing climatic conditions.

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Brainfood: Vanilla diversity, Moth bean diversity, Lablab genome, Wheat allergens, Strampelli, Core collections, Collection structure, ITK, Sambal diversity

Agricultural Biodiversity

Genetic diversity of the cultivated vanilla in Madagascar. Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding. Lots of genetic groups based on SNPs, but not structured in space or environmentally, except maybe by altitude. NW India is a centre of diversity.

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60+ Pioneering Start-Ups Will Showcase Breakthrough AgTech Solutions at World Agri-Tech in San Francisco

World Agri-Tech

AI-Driven Cultivation and Next-Gen Crop Nutrition & Protection: Learn how Agwa, Ceragen, TOWING, Anvigen, GroPro, Silvec, TRIC, UpTerra, Invasive Species Corp, Varada Ag, and Quorum Bio are leveraging AI for autonomous vegetable cultivation and engineering microbials for crop nutrition and soil health.