#plantbreeding — Public Fediverse posts

Can Culta take Japan’s premium fruit model global?

Japanese agtech startup Culta is looking to take its AI-powered breeding and branded produce model global, with talks…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Japanese #plantbreeding
https://www.europesays.com/japan/91345/

Genetic evaluation of flowering, maturity time and productivity in almond (Prunus dulcis): heritability estimates and breeding value predictions

"In this study, genetic parameters for flowering, maturity and productivity, three key complex traits in almond breeding, were estimated using classical methods (midparent-offspring regression and between/within family variance components) as well as a Bayesian linear mixed model."

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-026-08458-1 #Almond #PlantBreeding

M&E framework for sustainable PGRFA conservation in genebanks

"The conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) is essential for global food and nutrition security, climate resilience and sustainable agriculture. This study presents a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework applied across 20 countries in the Global South to assess the state of ex situ PGRFA conservation."

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/plant-genetic-resources/article/me-framework-for-sustainable-pgrfa-conservation-in-genebanks/2D4686CE06258E2EABAE98A3C356C44E #GeneBanks #PlantBreeding #Agrobiodiversity

Someone's breeding corn here. There's more variety of phenotypes than you'll see in a commercial corngrowers' field or even most people's gardens. #Agrobiodiversity #Agriculture #PlantBreeding @plantscience

Thank dawg for the folks outside of academia who are doing this work. Public universities and USDA absolutely should be doing more germplasm conservation, but in the case of USDA funding has been bad and in the case of public universities, they're more into conserving public subsidy of pro sports corporation employment training programs.

It is *crucial* to expand germplasm conservation in the face of climate emergency.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/heritage-beans #Agrobiodiversity #PlantBreeding #Agriculture

In the #GreenRevolution plant breeders created shorter varieties of rice & wheat with higher #yields, preventing #famines in poorer countries. Now they pieced together elements controling #corn growth, and #maize can get shorter, too: https://www.science.org/content/article/shrinking-corn-help-farmers-environment #PlantBreeding #GMO