Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter provides an overview for a sample of agriculturally important dicots including …
Other Dicot Crops
Category: Crop Wild Relatives
Legumes and Legume Nitrogen Fixation
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter reviews a variety of legumes including soybeans, lentils, chickpeas, cowpeas, lima …
Crop Domestication
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter provides an overview the domestication of wild species into crop plants. …
Crop Diversity: A Virtual Crop Science Field Tour
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This eBook provides a virtual field tour at Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development …
Wild Sugar Beets
Patrick Byrne This video compares cultivated sugar beet to its wild ancestor, and explains the importance of wild relatives as …
Corn Domestication
Patrick Byrne Domestication of corn from its wild ancestor teosinte occurred in Mexico about 8,000 years ago. This video …
Domestication of Tepary Beans
Patrick Byrne This video presents the wild ancestor of the tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) and the domesticated form of …
Grain Amaranth
Patrick Byrne This video introduces the crop grain amaranth and explains some of the changes that took place during domestication …
Domestication of Beans
Patrick Byrne This video contrasts wild ancestors of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with cultivated varieties and points out some …
Pepper Diversity
Patrick Byrne This video describes some of the diverse types of pepper and explains the value of conserving genetic resources …