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June 27, 2023
Breedbase: a Game-Changing Open Software for Plant Breeding Management
To meet the grand challenge of breeding the next generation of climate-adapted crops, we’re going to need innovative solutions that enhance and accelerate plant breeding programs. One such game-changer in the field is Breedbase, a comprehensive breeding management and analysis software platform. Breedbase is designed to assist plant breeders in managing and analyzing their breeding […]
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May 3, 2023
Software synergies: reimagining the future of crop breeding
Across almost all industry and research domains, it is becoming increasingly evident that the faster we can share data, the faster we can collaboratively invent new solutions and products. Of course, this is also true for the research and development of future-proof crop varieties. This is why the people behind Genesys and Germinate have […]
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March 27, 2023
A Guide to Practice for the Plant Genetics Research Community
This week a prominent ‘perspective’ paper appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), that provides an excellent overview and explanation in plain English of the international agreements that govern use of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) as well as best practices for complying with the agreements. PGR underpin not only the future of […]
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January 5, 2023
Why we need early-career researchers to join the conversation on plant genetic resources
Are you a postgrad student or early-career researcher? We are currently looking for people like you to submit opinion pieces for publication in our regular eNewsletter, DivSeek Connect. The community represented by DivSeek International Network is as diverse as the plant biodiversity we seek to protect. Our network encompasses academics, gene bank managers, software developers, […]
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January 5, 2023
What to expect from DivSeek’s upcoming Barcodes to Bioeconomy Workshop
Corresponding author: Chris Richards ‘Barcodes to Bioeconomy’ will be a small, action-oriented workshop, bringing together scientists from the broad domains of plant gene bank curation, germplasm characterization, knowledge representation, data management and bioinformatics. Our goal is to identify gaps that currently make it difficult to integrate data describing the physical specimens held in gene banks […]
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January 5, 2023
Empowering with genomics: DivSeek Hubs deliver workshop series for Latin American germplasm bank community
Corresponding authors: Carolina Sansaloni, César Petroli, and Sarah Hearne, CIMMYT. Two of DivSeek International Network’s Hubs recently joined forces to deliver a workshop series on the use of genomics and digital tools for the conservation and use of genetic resources for food and agriculture. The workshop series is a joint effort between our Regional Hub […]
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