The new seed technology offers growers a significant boost in productivity and resilience, even in stressful, water-limited environments.

Hybrid seed production is vital for enhancing crop yield and quality, yet conventional methods in rapeseed are limited by inefficiency and high costs. Researchers have developed a streamlined two-line ...

The development of synthetic apomixis enables the fixation of heterosis, which is a breakthrough that promises to transform conventional hybrid breeding strategies and trigger a new wave of green ...

Scientists have replicated the seed-delivery system used by wild oats, resulting in a seed-carrying bio-hybrid "robot." Scores of the tiny devices could one day be utilized for much easier, more ...

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Hybrid seed technology giant, SeedCo, says it remains optimistic about growth prospects, despite a slowdown in sales during the first quarter ended June 30. Revenues for the quarter fell by 56% to ...