American home gardeners now have access to a remarkable new tomato entry, which has the color of a concord grape with plum-colored flesh. Its appearance is so striking that it seems almost photoshopped. However, this tomato is very real.

Fifteen years after the first draft of the corn genome was published, the roles of 98% of its nearly 40,000 genes remain unknown. Conventional gene characterization methods have been slow and expensive.

Pairwise, a leading genetics-based food and agriculture innovation company, has developed the world’s first seedless blackberry using their proprietary CRISPR-based Fulcrum™ Platform.

New curriculum from First the Seed Foundation and Innovature focuses on plant breeding innovation.