The Plant Breeding and Genetics Section (PGS) of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture recently launched a 5-year Coordinated Research Project on “Development of integrated techniques for induced genetic diversity and improvement of vegetatively propagated and horticultural tree crops”. The project aims to develop novel genetic resources, methodologies and tools for accelerated breeding for productivity improvement in vegetatively propagated crops (root and tuber crops) and horticultural tree crops (olive) using mutation induction and associated biotechnologies. It will involve ten participating countries from Member States where the crops are grown extensively. This and many other news items are included in the January 2021 PGS newsletter. The newsletter gives an overview of their past and upcoming events, ongoing projects and publications and is issued twice a year. See http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/pbg/public/newsletters-pbg.html or contact [email protected] for more information.