Patrick Byrne Crop wild relatives provide diverse genes with often beneficial traits for plant breeders seeking to diversify and improve …
Breeding with Teosinte, Wild Ancestor of Corn
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An Overview of Teff
Patrick Byrne Eragrostis tef is an annual grass known as teff. Teff produces small nutritious grains most commonly used in …
An Overview of Fava Bean
Patrick Byrne The legume Vicia faba, known as fava bean, faba bean, broad bean, or horse bean, is an effective …
Where our food crops come from
Colin Khoury, Harold Achicanoy, Carlos Navarro-Racines, Steven Sotelo, Andy Jarvis (CIAT) This modern blog post provides interactive maps and graphics …
Fantastic Discoveries in Plant Breeding: Intrepid Strawberry Breeders Vanquish Devastating Fusarium Wilt!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of a genome-wide association study that led to …
Fantastic Discoveries in Plant Breeding: An Out-of-this-World Apple with the Fastest Adoption in History!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of the development and rapid adoption of apple …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Breeders Boost Flavor and Nutrition with Brilliant Red-Bran Rice!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of how plant breeders developed ‘Scarlett’, a nutritious …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Peanut Breeders Deliver A KO to the Notorious RKN!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of how scientists identified the gene in wild …
Why Does Crop Domestication Matter Today?
Gina Cerimele In this short video, PhD candidate, Gina Cerimele, discusses crop domestication, including traits of domesticated crops and their …
Why do We Store Seeds?
Lisa Hill In this short video, USDA scientist, Lisa Hill, discusses storing agriculturally important germplasm as seeds. Learn why seeds …