b'I N D U S T R Y N E W S Delivering the news you need to know. Submissions welcomeemail us at news@issuesink.com. Launch of Svalbards 100-Year Seed ExperimentA unique 100-year experiment launches at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The experiment, the first of its kind, is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food and involves partners from all over the world. It will shed light on the longevity of seeds of 13 globally important crops. Results will be published throughout the course of the project, providing valuable knowledge that will help ensure optimal seed conservation in the Seed Vault and indeed genebanks in general. Plant Scientists Study the Interaction of Heat Stress Responses in CornEnvironmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders are attempting to untangle the genetic factors that endow plants with tolerance to stress. A new study from Iowa In an industry struggling to maintain profitability, itsState University scientists shows how two seemingly curious that U.S. processing sweet cornthe cornunrelated responses in corn plants interact to help the that ends up in cans and freezer bagsis falling socrop survive heat stress.far below its potential. Yet, thats what a new studyBUSINESS NEWS in PLOS One clearly demonstrates. According toSyngenta Seeds Completes Acquisition of Martin Williams, an ecologist with USDA-ARS andSensako associate professor in the Department of CropSyngenta Seeds announced that it has completed the Sciences at the University of Illinois, processingacquisition of Sensako, a South African seed company specializing in cereals. sweet corn in the Midwest is grown at an average population of 24,000 plants per acre. But throughBayer and Temasek Unveil New Company years of small-plot field trials, his team has shownFocused in Vertical Farming that certain hybrids are naturally density tolerant,Leaps by Bayer announced the joint investment and formation of a new company, Unfold. The new venture and their performance improves when planted atwill focus on innovation in vegetable varieties with the higher population sizes.goal of lifting the vertical farming space to the next level of quality, efficiency and sustainability. Site-Directed Mutagenesis in Wheat Via Haploid Induction byVive Crop Protection and Marrone Bio MaizeInnovations Join ForcesA new study which has recently been published in the Plant BiotechnologyMarrone Bio Innovations, Inc. and Vive Crop Journal, demonstrates how site-directed mutagenesis can be achievedProtection announced an agreement that will provide in virtually any wheat germplasm of choice by intergeneric pollination ofa suite of products for U.S. growers. The first product wheat with CAS-9/guide-RNA (gRNA)-transgenic maize.to come from this joint effort will be AZterknot FC, a fungicide for broad crop use.UGA Researchers Discover Genes That Allow Bacteria to Resist Onions Natural Defenses Mustang Seeds Adds Legend Seeds As a After years of building and analyzing sample collections, plant pathologistsDistributor at the University of Georgia have identified the genes that allow a type ofMustang Seeds, Inc. is pleased to add Legend bacteria that causes onion center rot to resist onions natural defenses inSeeds, Inc. as a distributor of Mustang Brand Seeds. a chemical arms race. The pathogen Pantoea ananatis can enter onionsLegend seeds will offer corn and soybeans through through the leavesusually as a result of thrips feeding on the onion neckthe Mustang Seeds brand along with small grains andand induces necrotic symptoms and extensive cell death in onion tissue. cover crops. 86/ SEEDWORLD.COMOCTOBER 2020'