B. Todd Campbell. The National Plant Germplasm System Cotton Collection includes critical genetic diversity, including roughly …
NPGS Germplasm Provides Valuable Genetic Variation for Cotton Breeding
Category: Cultivar Stories
NPGS Hop Germplasm Delivers Novel Resistance to Powdery Mildew
Kayla R. Altendorf, David H. Gent, Nahla V. Bassil. Powdery mildew is one of the most …
Bread Wheat – FHB Resistance
George Fedak, Patrick Byrne. Wheat germplasm resistant to Fusarium head blight (FHB) has been developed by transferring a …
NPGS Germplasm Provides U.S. Lettuce Crop with Disease Resistance
Ivan Simko. USDA-ARS researchers identified critical sources of resistance to multiple races of Bacterial Leaf Spot …
Cotton ‘U1’ – FOV4 Resistance
Don C. Jones. This success story describes how a collaboration formed to address the spreading threat of Fusarium …
Blackberry ‘Hillquist’ – Primocane Fruiting
Alexander Silva, Margaret Worthington, Michael A. Hardigan, and Nahla V. Bassil. This success story discusses how scientists mapped …
NPGS Blackberries – Prickleless Canes
Brian Crawford, Margaret Worthington, and Nahla V. Bassil. This success story describes how an international research team, led …
America’s Great Lost Tree Is Finally Returning
PBS Terra. Once towering over eastern U.S. forests, billions of American chestnut trees nourished ecosystems, built homes, and …
History of Citrus Rootstocks
Robert Krueger. Learn about the importance of conserving diverse genetics from citrus relatives. See how trifoliate oranges (Poncirus) …
‘SAF2’ Mint Family – Genetic Research
Kelly J. Vining, Bernd Markus Lange, Nahla V. Bassil, and Carolyn Scagel. NPGS germplasm powers 20 years of …