BREXIT and the IP Environment Beyond
Change is a known certainty about BREXIT. The tentacles of European policies will contract as British agriculture undergoes reform. Businesses succeed where they adapt to market place changes....
View ArticleTesting, Testing….1, 2, 3
Throughout the seed value chain, there is a lot of testing going on. There is testing for seed quality, germination, variety identity and purity, pests and diseases, for distinctness, uniformity and...
View ArticleRoom for the Use of Bio Molecular Techniques in the DUS Process?
A look at the upcoming paradigm shift of how we distinguish plant varieties. The breeding of new varieties is more and more a matter of the use of molecular based breeding techniques. The classical...
View ArticleDUS Testing and Molecular Techniques: A view from the UK Plant Breeder’s...
In plant breeding, molecular techniques are used to screen thousands of lines before they even get to the glasshouse or field. This can remove breeding lines that do not express specific breeding aims,...
View ArticleAugmenting Morphology
How does the seed industry view the application of molecular techniques in DUS testing? Over the past few years, there have been regular discussions about the use of biomolecular techniques in the...
View ArticleSafeguarding Seed Quality as a First Step Towards a Satisfying Yield
For two decades, a central theme in the agricultural world discourse is the looming challenge of feeding the ever-growing world population. Historically, these challenges were resolved by increasing...
View ArticleThe IMODDUS Working Group of CPVO
The name of the ad hoc working group IMODDUS at the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) stands for Integration of molecular data into DUS testing. The creation of IMODDUS was agreed by the CPVO...
View ArticleThe Risk Corner: GMO Consensus: I Don’t Need To Be Right … I Need You To Be...
During a recent biotech science communications meeting, I sat on a panel where the discussion turned to the need to present a clear scientific consensus on the safety of GMO technology. The question...
View ArticleSense, Nonsense and Science: The Glyphosate Conundrum
I do not think that glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the world is a chemical from Hell, created by the devil, in other words, Monsanto. I do think that when used as indicated, especially...
View ArticleSupporting the Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA and the Delivery of...
Emerging from a devastating Second World War, the international community founded the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945 with a mandate to achieve a world without...
View ArticleSoilCares: Global Solutions for Soil Testing
With all the various challenges we are facing as a planet, such as an increasing population, climate change and scarcity of water and land, we will need all the tools we can get to mitigate some of...
View ArticleThe World According to Groot
East-West Seed founder sees the value in helping smallholder farmers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America The mission of East-West Seed is embodied in the story of Kong Sa Em, a 35 year-old farmer from...
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