Pollinator: New Innovations In Crop Breeding

The search for new varieties with better disease resistance, yield, tolerance to environmental adversity, or just plain novelty, is a major global industry. Understanding the genetic basis of plant performance in the field is just part of the story – new tools and technologies are coming through which are speeding up crop breeding and increase the precision with which new traits can be developed. In this Pollinator we’ll be aiming to understand more about the tools and techniques that are bringing new varieties onto recommended lists and how to get the best out of them in the field.