G. Volk, P. Byrne and D. Namuth-Covert This free short-course provides learners a basic understanding of food crop domestication …
Badge Course – Crop Wild Relatives
Category: Crop Wild Relatives
Wild Relatives are Plant Breeders Insurance Policy for Food Security
Ally Rodden, Pat Byrne, Barbara Hellier, Alan Humphries This is a video of a panel discussion and a summary article …
Plant breeding for climate change: Opportunities for adaptation and mitigation
Patrick F. Byrne This eBook chapter summarizes the past, present, and future use of plant genetic resources in plant …
The need for plant genetic resource collections in a climate change context
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter introduces the concept of plant collections and their importance in …
Conserving and Using Climate-Ready Plant Collections
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau, Patrick F. Byrne This eBook provides chapters to introduce climate change and its impacts …
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 …
Cowpea Diversity 1: Origins and Importance
Colorado State University Center for Science Communication Vigna unguiculata is the legume commonly known as cowpea or black-eyed pea. These …
Plant Genetic Resources- Genomes, Genebanks, and Growers
Geoff Morris This series of three 1-credit courses provides a solid introduction to the conservation and use of …
Univ. of Illinois Online Course on Crop Germplasm Resources
Dr. Erik Sacks This graduate-level course (2 credits) covers the collection, curation, and use of plant genetic resources for …
Solanaceae Diversity 2: Tomato
Colorado State University Center for Science Communication Solanaceae is the plant family that includes peppers, eggplant, potato, and tomato. This …