Researchers at the University of Verona, Italy and partners found that knocking out the Aucsia2 gene using CRISPR-Cas9 can change tomato root development and improve the plants' ability to withstand s...

🌱EU AgRI 2040 conference The two-day event, on 24 & 25 September in Brussels, was a great chance to connect with key stakeholders and help shape the priorities of the next Horizon Europe EU Research a...

With the escalating impacts of climate change, drought stress (DS) is significantly decreasing water accessibility and availability, causing substantial direct and indirect economic repercussions with...

How Plant ETP connects research, NGT implementation, EU funding, COLiBRI and climate resilience across Europe’s seed sector.

Global food security faces unparalleled obstacles due to climate change, increasing population, and micronutrient shortages, which impact billions of people ...

Developing climate-smart crops with enhanced crop productivity, nutritional quality, resistance to biological and environmental stressors is vital for global...

The strategic document outlines a New Strategic Approach to Research and Innovation aimed at enhancing competitive, resilient, and sustainable agriculture, forestry, rural areas, and food systems.

The large, repeat-rich, and highly heterozygous rye (Secale cereale L.) genome has posed significant challenges for genome assembly. Here, the authors present an improved rye genome assembly and uncov...

Abstract. Fruit color is a key quality trait in strawberry breeding and cultivar development, as it directly influences consumer preference and marketabili

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Gamboa et al. identified three proteins that restrict meiotic crossovers near centromeres. This finding suggests that cohesion regulation plays a role in this suppression and creates opportunities to ...

The European Food Safety Authority has issued several scientific opinions on plants, microorganisms and animals obtained through certain new genomic techniques (NGTs), following requests received by ....

Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery

Legume crops are increasingly exposed to a combination of abiotic stresses - including drought, heat, salinity and flooding - alongside mounting biotic press...

Imagine if everyday foods could be of higher quality and help address nutrient deficiencies. New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) are making this possible! For example, potatoes with reduced undesirable su...

Perilla frutescens var. crispa is a high-value horticultural crop known for its diverse bioactive metabolites, yet the molecular basis underlying its metabol...

A Nature review examines how breeding and genome editing could improve crop nutrition while helping food crops withstand climate stress.

Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris, L.), is a vital temperate crop, supplying nearly 40% of the world’s sugar. However, its high susceptibility to bacter...

Berlin, Germany, 8 July 2026 – The new Horizon Europe project COLiBRI (Collaborative Crop Breeding Research and Innovation for a Green Europe) has officially launched, bringing together 17 organisatio...

Brussels, 8 July 2026 – A broad coalition of European and international organisations representing farmers, cooperatives, seed companies, feed manufacturers, processors, biodiesel producers and agricu...

Group Lead (m/f/d) for Molecular Trait Analysis and Genomics

In recent years, CRISPR/Cas gene editing technology has become a fundamental method in biological breeding. As a vital tool for overcoming technological obst...

In the first episode of the new season of ‘The Joy of Why,’ Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna discusses how she discovered CRISPR’s genome-editing power, the breakthroughs and hurdles during its explosive growth, and what lies ahead for this groundbreaking technology.

Abstract. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas systems are revolutionizing precision genome editing and gene expression co

Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal found in some farming soils that can seep into rice crops, posing a serious threat to global food safety. To tackle this, scientists discovered a specific gene in rice, Os79, that accidentally acts as an open door for this toxin. By using gene-editing technology to turn this gene off, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a modified rice plant that is much better at defending itself. When the gene is disabled, the rice plants grow normally even in polluted soils and absorb significantly less cadmium, keeping the grain much safer for consumers.

The present review critically examines the significance of tolerant genotypes of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) as a potential genetic resource to enhance the resilience of other crops in semi-arid ...

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a primary cereal crop that provides food for more than half of the global population, however, its production is increasingly threaten...

Recent advances in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology enable precise genetic modifications and produce genetically modified organism -free crops that match c...

📢A new chapter for plant breeding innovation in Europe The EU has adopted the Regulation on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), marking a major milestone after years of scientific debate and legislative w...