Six green professionals, a representative cross section of horticulture, joined forces in planting World Horti Centre’s indoor forest on 4…
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At France’s 2024 plant cultivation show Sival, growers, researchers, breeders, and other stakeholders from the country’s agricultural and horticultural industry…
Belgian research institute ILVO hosted a visit by the Dutch Culture Group for Roses and Rose Rootstocks on Friday 13…
World Horti Center has struck a partnership agreement with the Chinese province of Shandong, which will see the building of…
Dutch-based Wageningen University & Research (WUR) found that electromagnetic (EM) energy encourages crops to grow faster. The research was recently…
When buying a Pink Lady®, Kanzi® or Jazz™ apple in the supermarket, few consumers will know they are purchasing a…
Back in the 1930s, the United States became the first country to offer breeders the ability to protect their novel…
Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) are pivotal to horticultural businesses. They belong to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). PBR are close…
Imagine you are the breeder of a fine new raspberry variety. Naturally, you would like your new product to become…
Agroberichten, the newsletter of the network of Dutch agricultural counsellors worldwide, reports that in the village of Pastric, near Mionica…
In an absolute first, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) in Melle, Belgium, has opened a large…
Floritec opens its doors today (Monday, 12 June 2023) to a new breeding facility in Honselersdijk. After months of preparations,…
Red Horticulture, an award-winning French designer, manufacturer and supplier of LED lighting solutions for greenhouse horticulture, opened on 6 April…
Delphy, the Dutch knowledge-sharing organisation and service provider for horticulturalists worldwide, in association with a group of horticultural suppliers, has…
‘From Nature to Culture: breeding ornamentals for sustainability’ is the theme of the 27th International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)…
Bayer and the agricultural biotech company Oerth Bio have announced a new collaboration seeking to develop the next generation of…
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64 per cent…
Monnheim-based Bayer announced last week the acquisition of German biotech start-up Targenomix. The spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for…
The current energy crisis and rising inflation were on everyone’s lips at the annual gathering of Germany’s top botanic gardens…
WESTERLO, Belgium: Pronemite – Biobest’s unique and powerful new addition to its aphid control strategy – has been awarded…
Bayer in Monheim, Germany, recently announced that the company had closed the previously announced transaction with Ginkgo Bioworks to begin…
The rapidly spreading, invasive box tree moth has decimated ornamental and wild boxwoods in Europe. Its economic, environmental, and societal…
Breeding Accel was founded in 2014 by KP Holland, Schoneveld Breeding, Sion Orchids and Interplant Roses to shorten the Time…
CASTLE HILL, Australia: Greenlife Industry Australia (GIA), the peak body for ornamental horticultural in Australia, has updated its members on…
WESTLAND, Netherlands: Agricultural research centre Vertify, consultancy firm Cultivators and the Dutch knowledge and innovation centre for international horticulture World…
Trevisan & Cuonzo, a leading European IP law firm and a pioneer in Plant Variety Protection (PVR), has defined the…
NFTs, blockchain and metaverse are the flavours of the moment. But what are they? Do they have an impact on…
Since its inclusion in the 1991 version of the UPOV Convention, the concept of Essentially Derived Varieties has been surrounded…
This article discusses the recent developments within the Brazilian legal framework for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) and provides a comprehensive…
Over 100 breeders, lawyers, and IP experts from over 20 countries met at CIOPORA’s Annual General Meeting in Cologne, Germany…
CIOPORA, CPVO, AIPH and FloraCulture International are proud of what is already the 13th annual update on Plant Breeders’ Rights,…
EAST MALLING, UK: The £11.3 million GreenTech Hub for Advanced Horticulture was officially opened by Tom Tugendhat MP at NIAB’s…
DE LIER, Netherlands: Breeder Dümmen Orange, in association with IT Services company Fullstaq, has taken a next step in developing…
VANCOUVER, Canada, WAGENINGEN, Netherlands: Vancouver-based AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd., a publicly listed ag-tech company that develops sustainable cultivation solutions, is…
ROELOFARENDSVEEN, Netherlands: Naktuinbouw, the Dutch inspection service for horticulture uses a three-minute video to explain its Elite quality standard and authorisation…
WASHINGTON, USA: On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), kicked off a milestone year, recognising and thanking…
Comparative greenhouse research on tomato and strawberry shows that yield remains the same even when Rockwool and a large part…
WILP, Netherlands: Breeding Accel, a Dutch-based plant breeding knowledge platform, has capitalised on existing resources and expertise by creating a…
ROELOFARENDSVEEN, Netherlands: Naktuinbouw, in association with the European Nursery stock Association (ENA) announce that the new editions (2021-2025) of the…
DIDCOT, UK: The AIPH International Plant Health Survey 2021 reveals the promise of a bio-secure future for the ornamental horticultural…
The environmental, health and economic benefits of nature-based-solutions are a convincing argument for integrating green roofs and green walls into…
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is inviting all those involved in the ornamental horticulture supply chain to attend…
WESTLAND, Netherlands, 7 December 2020: RHP, the Dutch certification scheme for substrates and raw materials uses a 4 minute video…
Plant breeders, growers, traders and retailers are invited to a webinar designed to help the horticultural supply chain get a…
It has been 25 years since the first batch of Petunia was declared free of virus and shipped to customers…
A world class centre dedicated to applying precision plant breeding techniques was opened by Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten on…
Author: Kris De Jonghe* It is an unfortunate coincidence that during the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020,…
DE LIER, the Netherlands: Floricultural breeder and propagator Dümmen Orange has launched INTRINSA™, a new brand that will represent all…
There are compelling economic, social, political and environmental drivers for a global response to plant health challenges, based on science…
WASHINGTON, USA: One of the most important tenets of plant pathology is that the first step to effectively controlling a…
Dutch and UK-based plastic manufacturer Desch Plantpak offers growers across Europe a complete solution when it comes to standardised and…
ANGERS, France: FCI made a visit to GEVES (Groupe d’Etude et de contrôle des Variétés Et des Semences) to find…
MERELBEKE, Belgium: In addition to the National Reference Laboratory (NRL), the Diagnostic Centre for Plants of Flanders Research Institute for…
The more we learn about Impatiens downy mildew (IDM), the more intriguing and cunning this disease seems. IDM came to…
MISHMAR HASHIVA, Israel: Danziger Innovations, an Israeli Ag-bio-Tech company, and ToolGen (CEO Kim Jongmoon, KONEX 199800), a Korean genome editing…
Dümmen Orange, leading breeder and propagator, kicked off the start of the construction of its new Breeding Technology Centre (BTC)…