In just 10 years, over 40% of food plants & wild relatives have disappeared from areas where they once grew. But there’s hope: according to Food and Agriculture Organization, global genebanks now hold nearly 6 million samples of plant genetic material vital for food security. 🔗 ipsnews.net/2025/08/why-cr…

👋 PRO-GRACE Meet & Greet 🌱 The James Hutton Institute brings together crop, soil & environmental research to tackle global challenges. Based in Aberdeen & Dundee, it’s one of the UK’s largest centres with 500+ staff. ℹ️ grace-ri.eu/pro-grace/part… #plantgeneticresources

To tackle the challenges facing our global #foodsystems, we need solutions that are: 🌱 Actionable 💡 Innovative 🌍 Inclusive 👩‍🌾 Using the power of #cropdiversity. And we must empower youth to lead the way. #InternationalYouthDay #YouthInAg #FutureOfFood

Our Senior Scientist & Global Pepper Breeding Program lead, Derek Barchenger, has been named the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug Award recipient, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation! 🌶️🏆 From groundbreaking breeding strategies to making peppers a global priority crop, Derek’s work is

Congratulations, Irene for your third paper of your thesis. Take a look at our article on microbial inoculants and reduced inorganic fertilization to enhance diversity and functionality in potato rhizosphere microbiome link.springer.com/10.1186/s40538…

🎖 ¡Mejor politécnica de España! 🌍 El ranking de Shanghái reconoce un año más a la Universitat Politècnica de València como única politécnica española entre las 500 mejores universidades del mundo. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mcd65hn

How can Nigeria boost nutrition & food security? 🌱 The Crop Trust’s #PowerOfDiversity event spotlighted #OpportunityCrops - plants with huge potential to transform agriculture. Find out which two crops could lead the way ➡️ tinyurl.com/bd76hths NACGRAB Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

🚀 🏆 La edición 2025 del ShanghaiRanking consolida de nuevo a la Universitat Politècnica de València como primera tecnológica de las universidades españolas, manteniéndonos en el top 500 mundial. rector.upv.es/feed/capilla-c… Un resultado especialmente importante dado que este ranking no valora nuestra

Sweet yams meet spicy Huancaína sauce in this Peruvian-inspired dish from #FoodForever NYC! Yams bring color, flavor and nutrition - perfect for celebrating crop diversity. 🍽️ Try the recipe: tinyurl.com/2fuh8mxt #CropDiversity #Peru #FoodSecurity #Yams #Recipe

Heredity has a new EiC and if you fancy meeting Louise Johnson or Aurora Aurora Ruiz-Herrera our amazing Co-EiC at #eseb2025 please find them or contact them via the app. The Genetics Society ESEB2025

Último articulo de nuestro grupo de investigación en la revista Chem. and Biol. Tech. in Agri. (Grupo Nature; IF: 5.2). Describimos que el bioestimulante desarrollado por nosotros, en combinación con bacterias aumentan el rendimiento un 44% en salinidad. chembioagro.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Of you are at #ESEB2025 feel free to reach us to discuss your work with us! Heredity

📊 Estamos analizando el efecto del uso de portainjertos de melón 🍈 para su cultivo 🌱 en condiciones de salinidad 👩🏼‍🌾 Universitat Politècnica de València GenoBreed IBMCP - Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular CSIC GVA Educació Agencia Estatal de Investigación gofitonet

Usadas como portainjertos,🌱 líneas derivadas de una entrada de melón africana permiten mantener la producción de melón 🍈 Piel de Sapo, muy susceptible a la salinidad Universitat Politècnica de València GenoBreed IBMCP - Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular CSIC GVA Educació Agencia Estatal de Investigación gofitonet

👋 PRO-GRACE Meet & Greet 🌱The Uni of Birmingham is a top 100 global university and PGR pioneer. Since the 1960s, its School of Biosciences has trained 600+ MSc and 250 PhDs in plant genetic resources conservation and breeding. ℹ️ grace-ri.eu/pro-grace/part… #plantgeneticresources

Big things have happened at Genesys PGR in 2025 so far: 🌱 More data 🛠️ Smarter tools 🌍 Wider reach See how we’re evolving to support global genebanks and researchers: tinyurl.com/ya9ebxwe

This year, the Crop Trust’s #CropChronicles spotlight #OpportunityCrops - neglected but full of potential! Meet fonio: drought-tolerant, fast-growing grain opening doors for better nutrition & livelihoods in Africa ➡️ tinyurl.com/5n6n6pt7 #BOLDProject #PowerOfDiversity

🌱 Check out how The Crop Trust’s Seeds for Resilience project is helping farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by boosting local genebanks and preserving important crops! foodtank.com/news/2024/08/s… via Food Tank

Small but mighty, #fonio is one of Africa’s oldest cereals. ☀️ Drought-tolerant 🍲 Rich in nutrients & gluten-free 🥣 Rooted in cultural traditions 📖 Learn more in the Crop Trust's Knowledge Base: tinyurl.com/4w8mmvkw #OpportunityCrops #BOLDProject

New drought-related collab published: Reduced stomatal density improves water-use efficiency in grapevine under climate scenarios of decreased water availability 🫶💦🪴link.springer.com/article/10.100…