Online learning for plant genetic resources conservation and use
John Preece Dr. John Preece discusses the conservation of crops at the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for …
Meagan Schipanski This video describes sugar beet, an important temperate-adapted sugar crop. Resistance to root diseases has been an …
Patrick Byrne This video compares cultivated sugar beet to its wild ancestor, and explains the importance of wild relatives as …
Meagan Schipanski The Legume Family includes many important forage crops (crops grown for hay or for grazing by …
Meagan Schipanski In this video the ability of Legume Family plants to acquire nitrogen from the atmosphere is described. …
Sarada Krishnan, Tara Moreau, Gayle Volk, Pat Byrne This infographic illustrates the role of botanic gardens for the conservation …
Patrick Byrne This video explains the production of hybrid cultivars in sunflowers. The male parent produces large amounts of …
Patrick Byrne Sunflowers are one of the few crops domesticated in what is now the U.S. This video describes …
Meagan Schipanski This video describes flax, which is grown for the healthful oil of its seeds and its stem …
Meagan Schipanski This video presents several types of Sorghum bicolor: grain sorghum, forage sorghum, sudangrass, and a sudangrass x …