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 ...

Growing plants from seed can be hugely satisfying. It's also a good deal better for your wallet than buying plants. You can grow flowers for your borders and planters, and there are a whole bunch of ...

Hybrid rice—bred from two different parents—greatly contributes to food security. However, the process of hybrid seed production is labor intensive, and fully mechanized hybrid rice breeding is ...

Kenya, at least to Western eyes, might seem an unlikely place to debut what could be industry-changing breeding technology that could eventually appear in ...

Mike McLaughlin plants an on-farm test plot to evaluate corn hybrids that will work best on his ground. Yield potential is always top of mind for farmers in the middle of evaluating and selecting corn ...

Fashedemi explained that with the MOU, private-sector projects on fertiliser production, hybrid seed technology and agricultural financing were projected to attract 4.3 billion dollars in ...

A major structural change is quietly reshaping Pakistan's rice economy - one with consequences far deeper than seasonal prices or export statistics suggest. Across Punjab, including traditional ...