TIL that the former director of the Tate Britain started a citrus collection orchard in Palmera Spain that now grows more than 500 varieties from around the world and you can tour it by appointment. Why would you want to? For the sheer joy of knowing someone is committed to preserving the world's citrus heritage.

#foodie #citrus #citrusfarming #citrustrees #TodoliFoundation #PlantBreeding

Todoli Citrus Fundació
https://todolicitrusfundacio.org/en/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/garden-of-eden-the-spanish-farm-growing-citrus-youve-never-heard-of?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

By facilitating conservation #tillage (i.e. reduced and no tillage), herbicide-tolerant crops and the corresponding #herbicides can help reduce carbon #emissions compared to conventional plow-based crop production: doi.org/10.1080/2164... #GMO #plantbreeding #agriculture

Glyphosate use in agricultural...

Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Vegetable Genetics & Production Technologies

"1-time initiative designed to support institutions in attracting world-leading researchers whose work addresses critical national and global challenges. The program emphasizes both research excellence & tangible impact. Impact+ Chairs will receive long-term funding and institutional support to advance ambitious and transformative projects"

https://careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-Canada-Impact%2B-Research-Chair-in-Vegetable-Genetics-and-Production-Technologies-ON-N1G-2W1/1290607647/ #PlantBreeding #PlantScience #Canada #GetFediHired

Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Vegetable Genetics & Production Technologies

Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Vegetable Genetics & Production Technologies

"A Single Genomic Region Controls Primocane Fruiting in Tetraploid Blackberry"

To explain to folks who eat berries, but don't grow them, cane berries mostly flower (and therefore have flowers that turn into fruit) on 2nd year canes (floricanes). If breeders can extend the trait some cane berries have of being able to flower on first-year canes (or primocanes), growers get fruit the first year they plant the plants.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.15.694498v1.abstract #PlantBreeding #FruitToot #PlantScience

(2/2) … or thru conventional #plantbreeding techniques. In the EU, such plants will therefore be treated as equivalents to conventional plants: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... #foodsafety #regulation

New genomic techniques: Counci...
EFSA reconfirms that a #drought tolerant GM #maize is as safe as non-GM varieties with respect to potential effects on #health and the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #corn #plantbreeding #GMO #foodsafety #biosafety

Assessment of genetically modi...
The autumn foliage puts on a great display. The flowers are large and cream-colored. And reportedly the wood is good (I say reportedly because I have not yet had occasion to see it). It's certainly worth growing in the home garden and might have real possibilities for more if breeding attention were turned to it again. #FruitToot #Botany #PlantBreeding

By the time I'd tried to peel them and rummage through the flesh to get the seeds out, there wasn't enough flesh left to be worth processing...too much work for too little pay off. Although pleasant enough to eat, where you can let your teeth and tongue do the work and no flesh is wasted sticking to the sides of the pot or any utensils used

It would be interesting to see what you could do with medlar if breeding were resumed in a major way. It's a lovely plant! #FruitToot #Botany #PlantBreeding

EFSA: The re-assessment of the #foodsafety & #biosafety of a GM maize variety supports the conclusion that it is as safe as conventional #maize varieties regarding potential effects on #health and the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #plantbreeding #GMO #environment

Assessment of genetically modi...
Scientists used #CRISPR to turn a simple #fungus into a fast-growing, meatlike #protein with a much smaller #climate & #environment footprint that outperforms (even) #chicken farming in #landuse & water impact: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #plantbreeding #geneediting #fungi #meat

This engineered fungus cuts em...
This engineered fungus cuts emissions and tastes like meat

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The modified strain grows protein far more quickly and with much less sugar while producing substantially fewer emissions. It also outperforms chicken farming in land use and water impact.

ScienceDaily