Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Innovative Plant Breeding at MAY Seed: Learn about MAY Seed’s commitment to R&D, investing in software that streamlines data analysis across major crops like Sunflower, Corn, and Cotton.
Rudy M.
Customer Success Manager
Pioneering tool in product development, Bloomeo enables you to navigate the intricate interplay between genetics and the environment. Learn more on this tool that enriches evaluation strategy, and helps you launch optimal seed varieties.
Laure Gry
Agronomist, Journalist
What are these new genomic techniques ? Which ones have been approved in Europe ? Read the latest update on the deregulation, meet the two women who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry, and understand how new genomic techniques change the DNA of plants.
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Which is the greatest seed company? Which seed companies rank in the top10? With a global market value of $66.85 billion in 2023, seeds play a crucial role in generating new plants. Learn more on the brands at the forefront of innovation.
Chaïma C.
Agronomy engineer
Genetic improvement and varietal creation are central to the evolution of cropping systems and will continue to be so if the agro-ecological transition is to succeed. Learn more on how plant breeders select eco-friendly varieties, their role in the farming eco-system and the impact of genetics on biodiversity, soil health and limiting the use of intrants.
Chaïma C.
Agronomy engineer
Bernardo, Fehr, Acquaah, Falconer, Allard, BD Singh... Plant breeding literature abounds and I found it hard to make a choice for this summer's readings. I have asked my agronomist colleagues: got some ideas, still not much inspired... Then we've asked our LinkedIn community and Wow! more than 150 plant breeders from all over the world have suggested their own favorite readings - If you've replied, thanks a lot! Then if you're still looking for what to read before your holiday siestas, check our review about the 10 most useful plant breeding books.
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Artificial intelligence changes the game in agriculture research: A neural network can tell whether a plot is “Well” or “less” adapted to a breeding objective. And it guesses an expert’s analysis with 95% accuracy! Learn how the AI researcher Rony Charles has trained the model on a huge dataset of phenomics, soil and weather data from a multi-environment Hybrid Corn trial.
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Did you know Bumblebees 🐝 detect the chemical signature of stress tolerant plants 💪🌱? What a windfall for sustainable agriculture: Pollinators can help select varieties adapted to low input farming, and create crops that produce more with less! I’m not saying it’s easy to count how many times a plant gets her flowers visited – far from easy in fact 😅 That’s why European experts (European Innovation Council EIC) founded the collaborative project DARkWIN, started in 2023 for 3,5 years.
Laure Gry
Agronomist, Journalist
Seed companies are fully committed to increase crop productivity, in particular through improved varieties and technological progress. This is reflected in the growth of the sector and the surge in international trade, both in volume and value. In 2020, more than 4 million tons of seeds were traded. And since 2000, the global seed market is estimated to have tripled to nearly $60 billion.
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Dr Warathe, Head R&D: “Doriane helps the breeder retrieve the data easily, so we know each generation data, over a single platform. We can easily track each and every pedigree over several years and seasons, and analyze the data to take decisions.”
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Doriane supports field crops & vegetable breeding organizations in their everyday management. Check how RnDExp™ helps Gautier Semences vegetable breeders.
Laure Gry
Agronomist, Journalist
Since 1983, Agri Obtentions' seed programs have been guided by the challenges of agro-ecology, a diversified agriculture that is more respectful of the environment. The objective is to obtain high-performance varieties that reduce or dispense with chemical inputs and meet the diverse expectations of producers and consumers. The line has been drawn: for a sustainable agriculture and a healthy future, we must experiment!
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
Bread, Chocolate, Coffee, Wine, Beer... Quite a few foods are make of a raw crop that gets processed through several steps into a final product!
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
"The prodigious statistical tools of the RnDExp software allows us to study so many varieties, on so many parameters. Between our Excel tables of yesterday and the RnDExp software of today, there is a gap of 20 years" Laurent Chausset, R&D director, Marionnet
Magloire Oteyami
Plant breeder, co-founder of VARt-Lab
What are the key traits to study for precise breeding and rapid adoption of climate-smart varieties? To which breeding objectives a variety program must respond?
Romain Royer
Marketing Manager
How the plant breeding software satisfies every user's needs, and enables the whole research department to work together securely and efficiently ?
