Sustainability News

1. From Rice Fields To Accelerating Vegetable Breeding 10/29/2026

   By combining artificial intelligence, advanced genetics and computer simulations, NC State University doctoral student Kashish Grover is giving plant breeders back their most precious commodity: time.

2. From Wild Potatoes To Resilient Varieties: Crop Trust And International Potato Centre Expand Potato Work In East Africa 10/27/2026

   East African potato farmers could soon get help from an unlikely source – potatoes with wild ancestors from the Andes of South America.

3. Pairwise Licenses Fulcrum® Platform To Kaveri Seeds, Its First Partner In India 10/27/2026

   Pairwise today announced that Kaveri Seed Company Limited (NSE: KSCL, BSE: 532899), one of India’s leading seed companies, has licensed Pairwise's Fulcrum® platform to develop improved maize, cotton, rice, pearl millet, mustard and vegetable varieties suited to the country's diverse growing conditions.

4. Mizzou Researchers Create Rice Plants That Fight Off Devastating Disease 10/27/2026

   University of Missouri researchers have created rice plants that resist bacterial blight, a devastating disease that threatens one of the world’s most important food crops.

5. College Of Ag Sciences To Receive $500,000 In USDA Specialty Crop Funds 10/27/2026

   Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are set to receive more than $500,000 through competitive awards administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

6. Xi'an Highlights Smart Agriculture And Looks To Expand International Cooperation 10/26/2026

   The northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an presented its work in smart farm machinery and digital crop monitoring, while proposing cooperation with partner cities abroad on joint research, machinery demonstrations and exchanges of agricultural technicians.

7. Barley Seed Could Carry Fungicide-Resistant Disease Into Next Crop, UniSQ Researchers Find 10/26/2026

   Barley seed could be carrying more than the potential for a new crop, with emerging research from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) finding that fungicide-resistant net blotch can be carried on seed and transferred to seedlings.

8. Time To Tap Into Agriculture's Hidden Genetic Potential 10/23/2026

   Modern agriculture's selective breeding of crops for particular requirements may now be a roadblock for further gains, prompting a trio of senior University of Queensland plant scientists to call for a new way forward.

9. Scaling Precision Nutrient Management For A Greener Rice Future In Vietnam's Mekong Delta 10/23/2026

   What if rice farmers could apply precisely the nutrients their crops need, when and where they need them, while reducing fertilizer costs and environmental impacts.

10. From Summer Training To Future Collaboration In Crop Protection 10/21/2026

    This summer, researchers and university staff from several countries gathered at SLU in Alnarp to explore new approaches to plant breeding and sustainable crop protection.