New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Seed Lab
Part 3: Developing New Varieties at the Crop Science Field Laboratory This is the third post of a series of #LabToField blogs that will explain …
Plant Breeding
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Greenhouses
Part 2: A Visit to the Agriculture Greenhouses This is the second post of a series of #LabToField blogs that will explain the yearly cycle …
New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Phytotron
Spring has sprung. As the sun and warm temperatures melt away the remnants of winter, farmers across Canada are gearing up for seeding. Throughout the …
Experts are Hopeful for More Nutritious Foods
Numerous other consumer benefits expected Over the past three years, my research team has been surveying an international panel of experts about genome editing. This …
How Long is Something Novel?
Exploring when regulatory oversight is no longer required In Canada, new plant varieties are regulated based on the final product, not the process used to …
The Dawning of a New Era in Plant Breeding
Gene Editing and Plant Biotechnology Gene editing technologies have emerged from the broader field of agricultural biotechnology, sometimes referred to as the gene revolution of …
Seeking Plant Breeding Experts
Survey on regulation of new plant breeding techniques Since the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2009 challenge on how to feed the world in 2050, there …
Hybridization, breeding and hybrid cultivars
By: Graham Scoles, Ph.D., PAg Hybridization Hybridization refers to the natural or deliberate pollination between two plants. It occurs all the time in the wild …
How Genomics is Changing Plant Breeding
From the Human Genome Project to plant breeding, genomic research is here to stay The desire to know more about how genomes work has attracted …