The Importance of Wild Types and Weeds for Genomics Research
While the vast majority of crops produced in Canada have been introduced from elsewhere, there is a lack of wild type relatives existing in nature …
While the vast majority of crops produced in Canada have been introduced from elsewhere, there is a lack of wild type relatives existing in nature …
Article and cover figure by Luiza Favarato Santos According to the United Nations (2019), the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. …
After months of anticipation, on May 3rd, 2023, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) publicly confirmed that plant varieties developed by advanced mutagenic gene editing technologies …
The following uses results from an article published in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science, on February 9, 2023: Decision factors influencing new variety adoption in …
Seed as a Starting Point Using the best ingredients or inputs is common with virtually all things we do. When we prepare to cook or …
An estimated 18,000 people attended the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that …
Mikaela Waldbauer University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger As of 2019, nearly 26% of the globe’s population “experienced hunger or did not have regular” access …
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires innovation Innovations in agriculture productivity between 2005 and 2015, greatly contributed to reductions in the number of people …
Kaylee Dodds University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger A year ago, on March 23, 2021, Health Canada proposed new guidelines for the regulation of gene-edited …
To tackle pressures from the world’s fast-growing population, increasing food demands, and the changing climates, there are several anticipated ways to enhance agricultural productivity and …