Patrick Byrne, Gordon Cisar This success story describes the threat of stem rust race Ug99 that appeared …
Category: Cultivar Stories
Sweetpotato ‘Tinian’ – Fusarium Wilt Resistance
Don LaBonte, Imana Power This success story describes the importance of sweetpotato ‘Tinian’ as a source of …
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 …
Blueberry Florida 4B – Southern Production
Nahla Bassil, Jim Oliphant, Patricio Munoz This success story describes how a wild blueberry, Florida 4B, was instrumental in …
Blueberry ‘Perpetua’ and ‘Echo’ – Repeat Flowering
Ryan King, Nahla Bassil This success story describes how plant breeders from the USDA and Oregon State University developed …
Hazelnut ‘Gasaway’ – EFB Resistance
Nahla Bassil, Shawn Mehlenbacher This success story describes how the pollinizer hazelnut, ‘Gasaway’, saved the U.S. hazelnut industry. Plant …
Hop ‘Monocacy’ – Northeastern Adaptation
Nahla Bassil, Kim Lewers This success story describes how the hop plant ‘Monocacy’ found its way to USDA geneticists …