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• Chinese Scientists Bypass Tissue Culture Bottleneck to Edit Elite Cotton Varieties Using CRISPR Hybridization Strategy

  Published: Apr 29, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers from Huazhong Agricultural University have successfully applied CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to nonregenerative elite cotton varieties through a novel sexual hybridizatio...

• Japanese Researchers Identify Strategic Two Gene Combination to Shield Global Tomato Crops From Virulent Begomoviruses

  Published: Apr 14, 2026

  Section: Research

  Agricultural scientists at Kindai University have discovered that combining specific resistance genes provides a robust defense against highly aggressive tomato yellow leaf curl di...

• Standard measurement of genetic progress in agriculture may significantly overestimate gains in intrinsic crop yield potential

  Published: Mar 4, 2026

  Section: Research

  A study by an international research team, including scientists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, suggests that the perceived success of plant breeding is skewed by a failur...