29 August-1 September EUCARPIA 20th General Congress “Plant Breeding, the Art of Bringing Science to Life” Zurich, Switzerland 26-29 September 14th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics – ISRFG 2016 Montpellier, … Read More
Plant-Based Vaccine Among Front-Runners in Fight Against Polio A Researcher from Norwich is part of a consortium that has been awarded $1.5 million to develop safer polio vaccines, using a new technique developed at the John Innes Centre. The fight a… Read More
Shell-shocked. That’s probably the right word describing Europe these days. A small majority (52 per cent over 48 per cent) of UK has voted to leave the European Union. It will take several years to work out the administrative and regulatory part o… Read More
Tailored to seed professionals, Industry News delivers the people, research, business and product news you need to know. Submissions are welcome. Email us at news@issuesink.com. People News Verdesian Life Sciences adds Marc Treurniet to the c… Read More
Keeping you informed of legislative and regulatory changes in Europe and abroad — from lawsuits to approvals to other regulatory issues affecting your business. National DEFRA ALLOWS FIELD TRIALS OF GM CAMELINA IN ROTHAMSTED The Department of Envir… Read More
Speaking up about the seed needs of Africa and exploring consumer perceptions of GMO labelling. StatusAfrica The Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa (ACTESA), a specialised agency of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Afr… Read More
An inside look at the Hungarian Seed Association. The Hungarian seed industry is one of the country’s most important and innovative sectors in the area of agribusiness. Plant production has a leading role among the various branches of Hungarian agr… Read More
The genetic architecture of adaptation outside centres of domestication of Phaseolus vulgaris and P. coccineus. As any plant breeder knows, the key for crop improvement is the availability of crop genetic diversity. To be available for plant breeding… Read More
A closer look at how some companies carry out French bean breeding. This year is the International Year of Pulses. What better way to put a spotlight on those crucially important crops, which are a vital source of plant-based proteins and amino acids… Read More
How a committed seed industry implemented high-quality seed treatment standards. Over the last few years, the political regulatory demands around seed treatment have changed. For example, within the Commission Directive 2010/21/EU, the application of… Read More
Exceptional inventors from Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK receive the 2016 European Inventor Award and Italian scientists are among the finalists for viable alternatives to wheat dough. During a recent ceremony in Lisbon on 9 Ju… Read More
Five schools have come together to form the European Plant Breeding College to train new breeding project leaders. The seed sector in Europe is facing major challenges in the coming years, in particular the impact of climate change and environmental… Read More
Course participants benefit from capacity development, training and sharing knowledge in innovative technologies of importance to the plant breeding sector. Lifelong learning is important in our rapidly changing world. Wageningen University & Res… Read More
The Green Biotechnology program at the University Inholland is ensuring talented people have the skills they need to enter the seed industry. At a time when fewer and fewer young people are interested in studying plant breeding and other related stud… Read More
