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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

Cultivating success: Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Enhanced radiation use efficiency and grain filling rate as the main drivers of grain yield genetic gains in the CIMMYT elite spring wheat yield trial. Gonna need more plant breeders also, though. For example in the A.

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Precision Ag News 6/12

Agwired

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. Nemasphere is the first and only biotechnology trait for SCN, the number one yield-robbing pest in soybeans in the United States. 3-5 in Houston, Texas.

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Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

Lower yields mean less cash flow, contributing to wage stagnation. In this map, green areas are projected to be favorable to coffee cultivation by 2050, while brown areas will not be. ( It is high-yielding and rust-resistant and thrives in the shade at high altitudes.

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Elicit Plant’s CEO on the Urgent Need to Address Water Access Challenges

World Agri-Tech

On both sides of the Atlantic, the chronic lack of water for crops is a direct threat to global food security, if we hope to cultivate a future where abundance coexists harmoniously with the preservation of our planet, we must act take urgent action.”, warns Déchant, CEO and Co-Founder of Elicit Plant.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. Over the past decades we have seen a hyper consolidation of seed systems that has led to a dominant culture of seed commodification. Source: Philip H.

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