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We’re kicking off our second season by examining some of the technology and research fueling improved efficiency for plant breeding programmes. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn to access the latest episodes.

Independent plant breeder Dr Jodi Souter forged an entrepreneurial path in the plant breeding industry to launch J4 Agri-Science. Now she’s asking how intellectual property and biotechnology laws will affect innovation in the plant breeding industry.

PBS International participated in a IPK-organized Symposium, “Seed Production In Times of Climate Change”. As our weather becomes increasingly extreme & unpredictable, flexibility in seed production programs is essential. Our CEO, Hannah Senior, presented data supporting the use of pollination control tents as a reliable, efficient, a portable tool to meet this challenge.

Professor Daljit Virk has built an impressive career in plant breeding that spans five decades. He's developed rice varieties for some of India's most impoverished farmers using plant breeding methods that some considered untraditional at the time.

Entrepreneurs Will Pelton and Nick Kral, founders of Phytoform Labs, explain the genome editing technology that is the foundation of their business and share why they are excited about their platform’s potential to deliver new crop traits efficiently, safely and sustainably.

This time last year I posted an article entitled “Why 2020 is going to be amazing (and really full-on)”.  With the benefit of hindsight, it’s quite comedic, isn’t it?