Seed World sits down with the chief executive of the British Society of Plant Breeders to discuss that dreaded B-word, and how plant breeders can prepare for Britain’s seemingly inevitable exit from the European Union. Interview conducted at the International Seed Federation’s 2019 World Seed Congress in Nice, France. Seed World, Seed World Magazine, ISF, […]

10 years ago, France brought together its six seed associations to form the Union Française des Semenciers, the French seed association. We talk with Franck Berger, CEO of Limagrain Vegetable Seeds, on how that happened and how understanding an old French saying was the key to doing it. Also, he talks about how Limagrain Vegetable […]

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Jim McCreight, USDA research leader in crop improvement and protection research in Salinas, Calif., and Boyce Thompson Institute associate professor Zhangjun Fei, talk about the important work being done by the Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project (CucCAP) and the quest to create better melons. Interviews conducted at Cucurbitaceae 2018 in Davis, Calif.

Italy’s Sonia Gazzarini, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto, sits down with us to talk about her exciting new research that might one day help boost crop yields despite the effects of climate change.

We sit down with Brazilian researcher Maria Laene Carvalho (University of Lavras) at the International Society for Seed Science conference in Monterey, Calif., to chat about her research on the freezing of coffee seed, and how this helps preserve important germplasm to ensure a bright future for the crop.

Steve Troxler, agriculture commissioner for North Carolina (the Tar Heel) talks about presidential politics, agriculture and feeding 9 billion people by 2050.

Barb Kreski, Director of Horticultural Therapy Services at the Chicago Botanic Garden, talks about the important role seed plays in one of the nation’s biggest therapeutic gardens.

National Garden Bureau and All-America Selections Executive Director Diane Blazek talks about therapeutic gardens and the role seed plays in their development.

Tennessee researchers have developed six corn hybrids that may potentially lessen the risk of GMO contamination. According to Dennis West, a professor with the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Tennessee, researchers at the university crossed white and yellow Tennessee corn lines with genetic stocks containing a cross-pollinator inhibitor gene. The research is significant for […]