Katheryn Chen This chapter provides an overview of tepary bean, a pulse crop closely related to common …
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Rice ‘Tiara’ – High in Antioxidants
Trevis D. Huggins and Anna M. McClung This chapter describes the development of ‘Tiara’, a black rice …
Rice ‘Jojutla’ – Parboiling Quality
Trevis D. Huggins and Anna M. McClung This chapter describes ‘Jojutla’, a rice cultivar that produces a …
Rice – Blast Resistance Genes
Yulin Jia, Melissa H. Jia, and Jeremy Edwards This chapter describes the research to develop genetic markers …
Cacao TARS Germplasm – High Yielding
Ricardo Goenaga This chapter describes a large-scale experiment at the USDA-ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) that …
Tepary Bean ‘USDA Fortuna’ – High Yielding, Disease Resistant
Timothy Porch This chapter describes the release of ‘USDA Fortuna’, a high yielding tepary bean with enhanced …
Citrus – California’s Second Gold Rush
A Growing Passion This 26-minute episode explores California’s citrus industry. Nan Sterman visits a family-run orchard in Pauma …
USDA History Tour
Shelby Calloway In this 55-minute video, historian Shelby Calloway, Ph.D., of the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, guides …
What can lima beans teach us about food production?
Sarah Dohle In this Tedx Talk, Dr. Sarah Dohle discusses the importance of diversity in agricultural systems using …
International Day for Biodiversity 2024
Christine Diepenbrock The AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, or AIFS, talks with Dr. Christine Diepenbrock (UC …