With holiday dinners around the corner are you ready to impress family and friends? Share these little known facts about holiday foods or just spark lively conversation about current issues facing the seed industry.
- “Don’t worry, I have more potatoes in the kitchen. I read in this seed journal that plant breeders have created true potato seed, which allows them to speed up variety development, but it also has huge logistical and phytosanitary advantages. They call it the ‘Holy Grail’ of potato improvement.” Read more here!
Enforcing Plant Breeders’ Rights with the Help of Satellites
Suppose one day it is possible to distinguish the most important Plant Breeders’ Rights protected potato varieties (or a variety of any other species) anywhere in the world by using remote sensing technology. If it turns out to be possible this could be a very helpful enforcement instrument in the fight against illegal multiplication and to enforce Plant Breeders’ Rights, for instance, by monitoring the farm saved seed acreages in a certain part of the world. Learn more
