From Two Kettles to 300 Million Bags: The Agricultural Legacy and Global Supply Chain of Herr’s
For nearly eight decades, Herr's has transformed raw farm commodities into a global snack empire, demonstrating the enduring power of ...
Tag: Precision Breeding
A Quantum Leap in Potato Breeding: First CRISPR-Edited, Blight-Resistant Starch Potatoes Advance to Field Trials
In a significant step toward sustainable potato cultivation, Project Opportunity—a coalition of 12 European starch industry partners—has announced the successful ...
Gene-Edited Crops Take Root in England: How Non-Browning Potatoes Could Revolutionize Farming and Reduce Waste
The UK government has taken a major step toward adopting gene-edited crops by implementing secondary legislation under the Genetic Technology (Precision ...
The Potato Revolution: How Hybrid True Seeds Are Transforming Global Agriculture
Potatoes are the world’s third most important food crop, feeding over a billion people. Yet, traditional potato farming remains stuck ...
Decoding the Potato: How Historical Genomes Could Revolutionize Future Breeding
Potatoes feed more than 1.3 billion people globally, yet breeding improvements have been surprisingly limited over the past century. Many ...
Unlocking the Potato’s Genetic Code: A New Era for Breeding and Food Security
Despite being a global staple feeding over 1.3 billion people, the potato has long resisted major breeding improvements due to ...
A Skin-Deep Revolution: First Graft-Hybrid Potato Receives Plant Breeders’ Rights
A groundbreaking new potato variety—developed using KeyGene’s innovative 2S1 graft hybridization technique—has been officially granted plant breeders’ rights by the ...
