Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of how scientists identified the gene in wild …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Peanut Breeders Deliver A KO to the Notorious RKN!
Category: Cultivar Stories
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 …
Beetroot ‘Badger’ Series – Market Appeal
Irwin Goldman This success story highlights the development of Badger table beets, a series of beetroot cultivars bred …
Plant Genetic Resources: Success Stories
Gayle Volk, Katheryn Chen, and Pat Byrne This eBook documents examples across a variety of crops where plant conservation and …
Alfalfa ‘Sholty’ – Hardiness, Drought Tolerance, Conservation
Stephen Gray, Anthony Mahama, Walter Suza This success story provides an overview of the development of ‘Sholty’ yellow-flowered alfalfa …
Strawberry ‘Cordial’ – Late Season, Long Shelf Life
Anthony Mahama, Stephen Gray, Walter Suza This success story provides an overview of the development of late-season, short-day strawberry …
Sugarcane ‘CP 08-1110’ – Improved Yield
Anthony Mahama, Stephen Gray, Walter Suza This success story provides an overview of the development of ‘CP 08-1110’ sugarcane …