Seed World Europe’s ongoing field crop series—now featuring more than 30 spotlighted crops—shows how breeders are pushing the boundaries of innovation in the world’s most important crops. Each article explores the realities of modern breeding, from unlocking new genetic diversity and battling emerging pests and diseases to navigating long timelines and major investment to deliver improved varieties to farmers. From maize and lupin to hybrid wheat, sugar beet, and barley, these stories highlight how breeding drives productivity, sustainability, and resilience across Europe’s cropping systems.
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With more than 30 spotlighted crops in our ongoing series, Seed World Europe continues to explore how crop breeders push the boundaries of innovation in the world’s most important field crops. These articles examine the immense challenges breeders face — from sourcing and integrating new genetic diversity, to confronting novel pests and diseases, to the long timelines and major investments required to bring a single improved variety to farmers’ fields. Whether the focus is maize, lupin, hybrid wheat, sugar beet, or barley, each story highlights how breeding drives productivity, sustainability, and resilience in Europe’s cropping systems. As we look back at our recent features, we celebrate the scientific and strategic breakthroughs shaping the future of field crop agriculture.
Corn, May 2024 : https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2024/05/09/what-an-a-maizing-crop/
Lupin, Nov. 2021: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2021/11/01/move-over-soybeans-lupin-is-here-to-stay/
Hybrid Wheat, Oct 2021: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2021/10/07/holy-grail-or-mission-impossible-the-continuing-range-of-exciting-developments-in-hybrid-wheat/
Sugar Beet, April 2020: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2020/04/16/sugar-rush-what-it-takes-to-develop-a-new-sugar-beet-variety/
Barley, Nov. 2019: https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2019/11/06/ill-drink-to-that/
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