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We support Plant ETP's campaign urging the EU to advance #NGT legislation. A big thank you to our colleagues who actively participated 🌱
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#ISupportNGTs
plants4thefuture.bsky.social Plants for the Future ETP @plants4thefuture.bsky.social · Feb 12
📢 We Support #NGTs and we want the EU to support them too!🌱

We have called upon people to show their support for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) to see the EU NGT legislation move forward.

🌟 Show your support by posting your own video, using #ISupportNGTs, and tagging us!
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🌱 After 28 years at KWS, Milena Ouzunova retires, leaving a legacy of innovation that transformed plant breeding. But her true success? A strong team ready to tackle future challenges. Learn more: ow.ly/Ac3850UFZV8
#insidekws #seedingthefuture #letstalkbreeding
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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🌶️🥦🌾Genome Edited crops like drought-tolerant bell pepper, salt-tolerant broccoli & early rice are boosting climate resilience. #NGTs speed up innovation for food security.

Learn more in this @plants4thefuture.bsky.social factsheet:
www.plantetp.eu/wp-content/u...

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June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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From a lucky accident to a game-changer! 🌱 Our doubled haploid (DH) technology speeds up plant breeding, ensuring the fixation of valuable traits like disease resistance and high yields. Learn more: insidekws.com/dh-24
#seedingthefuture #insidekws #letstalkbreeding
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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At the #EUAgriVision conference by DG Agri, Italian Minister of Agriculture Lollobrigida highlighted #NGTs as a key example of agri innovation, helping farmers reduce the use of crop protection products. 🌱
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May 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
kwsgroup.bsky.social
🐝 On World Bee Day we celebrate the sunflower🌻
Our KWS breeder Péter Streb breeds hybrids that can cope under climate change and support valuable pollinators.
His journey: insidekws.com/streb-24
#WorldBeeDay #insideKWS #seedingthefuture #letstalkbreeding
May 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Researchers at the University of Lausanne used #GenomeEditing to repair a 'domestication mutation' in tomatoes 🍅, obtaining earlier yielding crops.
www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...
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Experts Use Genome Editing to Make Tomatoes Yield Earlier
Researchers in the laboratory of Sebastian Soyk at the Swiss University of Lausanne (UNIL) used genome editing technology, called base editing, to change one of the ~850 million DNA base pairs in the ...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The development of wild cabbage with broad-range disease resistance using #CRISPR #GenomeEditing could benefit global cole crop production – including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli & other nutritious Brassica oleracea crops.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Generation of novel bpm6 and dmr6 mutants with broad‐spectrum resistance using a modified CRISPR/Cas9 system in Brassica oleracea
Using an optimized CRISPR/Cas9 system to knock out the BTB-POZ and MATH domain gene BoBPM6 and the DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE 6 gene in Brassica oleracea resulted in new lines with broad-spectrum diseas....
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February 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
kwsgroup.bsky.social
🧬 German media are covering #GenomeEditing more often—and more positively.
A 2012–2023 study shows New Genetic Technologies (#NGTs) are now more often linked to news of agricultural productivity and progress, rather than consumer concern.
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www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...
German Media Shift Toward a More Favorable Stance on Gene Technology with NGTs
Researchers from Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences and Heidelberg University in Germany investigated the portrayal of New Genetic Technologies (NGTs) in German mass media from 201...
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June 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
kwsgroup.bsky.social
Gene banks preserve genetic diversity 🌱
Vital for crop resilience, R&D, endangered species, and recovery after disasters.
They’re key to future-proofing agriculture.
Learn more in @plants4thefuture.bsky.social ’s booklet: www.plantetp.eu/wp-content/u...
#GeneBanks #LetsTalkBreeding #AgInnovation
August 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Via #CRISPR #GenomeEditing, researchers identified a gene that regulates flowering time and fruit yield in bananas. 🍌Knocking out the gene caused delayed flowering and reduced yield, providing insights for crop improvement.
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Researchers Identify Gene Controlling Growth and Development in Bananas
A study published in Molecular Breeding shows that MaGA20ox2f regulates flowering time and fruit yield in bananas. MaGA20ox2f is the closest homolog to the SD1, a gene that is known to increase yield ...
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February 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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AI-assisted #CRISPR = faster, more efficient plant virus diagnostics 🔬
Researchers in Iran developed an AI-driven CRISPR-based tool for fast and sensitive detection of the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus in the field. 🍅
📄: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LetsTalkBreeding #ToBRFV
Integrating AI and CRISPR Cas13a for rapid detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Integrating AI and CRISPR Cas13a for rapid detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus
www.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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China has approved five new genome edited crop varieties for domestic cultivation and processing, including the first genome edited rice, two soybeans, wheat, and corn. 🌾🌽 Chinese Biosafety Certificates are valid for five years.
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China Issues New and Renewed Biosafety Certificates for GE and Gene-edited Crops
On December 31, 2024, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) and gene-edited crop eve...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
kwsgroup.bsky.social
🌾 Researchers discovered the molecular mechanism that controls rice tillering and yield.
Using #CRISPR #GenomeEditing, they knocked out a key gene—boosting tiller number and yield while reducing auxin levels.
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OsMADS60 Controls Rice Yield Through Auxin Transport
Rice grain yield is significantly influenced by tillering, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. A study published in The Plant Journal reveals that the transcription facto...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Happy International #PotatoDay! 🥔
Researchers at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and @maxplanck.de decoded the European potato genome, revealing a limited gene pool and creating a new analysis method that can improve potato breeding programs.
www.mpipz.mpg.de/schneeberger...
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European potato genome decoded: small gene pool with large differences
A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.
www.mpipz.mpg.de
May 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM