Hsin Yi Tseng, Yen Yu Lin, and Qing Xiong Ba Changing agricultural practices resulted in the gradual …
Foxtail Millet – Reintroduction to Taiwan
Category: Cultivar Stories
Amaranth ‘K432’ – Restoring Adapted Varieties
David Brenner Incorporation of amaranth grain into gluten-free foods is burgeoning. Much of the current supply is …
Using NPGS Germplasm in the Pear, Apple, & Prunus Breeding Programs at AFRS
Chris Gottschalk, Chris Dardick Join Dr. Chris Gottschalk and Dr. Chris Dardick at the USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Wheat Stem Sawfly Stymied by Solid Stemmed Wheat!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee Wheat stem sawfly (WSS) is considered one of the greatest threats to wheat production …
Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius)
Katheryn Chen This chapter provides an overview of tepary bean, a pulse crop closely related to common …
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 …