#plantbreeding — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plantbreeding, aggregated by home.social.
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Experimental farmer Shane Simonsen: Working on locally adapted #plants & #crops of the future while we still have a safety net. 🌱🌻
#plantbreeding #seeds #seedsaving #agriculture #local #permaculture #ecology #foodsecurity #food #nutrition
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The State Plant Breeding Institute of the University of Hohenheim is looking for a Research Associate (Postdoc) (f/m/d) to start on 1 May 2026, fixed-term until 30 April 2029, up to EG13 TV-L, scope of employment 100%, subject to final approval of the third-party funded project.
https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openings?tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Bjoboffer%5D=4396&tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Baction%5D=show&tx_unijobs_joboffers%5Bcontroller%5D=Joboffer&cHash=c98a50a5a0d44d370d48b4a89c72babc-research_associate_postdoc_f-m-d-universitaet_hohenheim-stuttgart #PlantBreeding #GradSchool #Germany
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No #GMO crops with #nutrition benefits (such as #GoldenRice & Folate #Biofortified Rice) are commercialized. But #consumers are generally in favour of their introduction—which would generate large #health benefits at relatively low costs: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316585269.013 #plantbreeding
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Free rare plant giveaway running until the end of September!
The prize is one fresh cutting from your choice of my four new cultivars: 'Raspberry Ruffle', 'Froglet', 'Raindrop', and 'Sepia Grain'. All of them are brand new and available for the first time ever.
Full details of how to enter this way are on the website: https://shop.tradescantia.uk/giveaway
#plants #houseplants #rareplants #flowers #plantbreeding #giveaway #plantgiveaway #tradescantia #commelinaceae
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Biofortified #maize offers a potential solution to combat micronutrient #malnutrition. Providing nutrition information significantly increases #farmers' interest in purchasing #biofortified maize seeds: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12845 #plantbreeding #seeds #Ethiopia #corn #adoption
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Sub-Saharan #Africa: Maize-based #diets without vitamin A #supplementation are linked to high rates of #vitaminA deficiency (#VAD). So far, #maize breeding programs developed 70 #biofortified elite varieties to curb VAD: https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0041 #nutrition #plantbreeding
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Sub-Saharan #Africa: Maize-based #diets without vitamin A #supplementation are linked to high rates of #vitaminA deficiency (#VAD). So far, #maize breeding programs developed 70 #biofortified elite varieties to curb VAD: https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2023.0041 #nutrition #plantbreeding
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Since 2014, 142 #biofortified crop varieties were developed in #India. They are equal or better in #yields but have normal water & nutrient requirements; their production is not more expensive. 10 million ha have been covered: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1984070 #nutrition #plantbreeding
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Conventional #plantbreeding helped develop #legumes with better #nutrition (beans with high #zinc & iron, high zinc #lentils). Molecular breeding can help overcome limitations (genetic diversity, time) to develop future #biofortified legume crops: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33957-8_5 #beans
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Developing #biofortified crops thru conventional #plantbreeding takes 8-10 years. #GMOs allow more efficient & faster multi-nutrient #biofortification, combined with #climate resilience. Regulating #geneediting less strictly may help dissemination: https://portlandpress.com/emergtoplifesci/article-abstract/doi/10.1042/ETLS20230066/ #CRISPR