Patrick Byrne This video compares cultivated sugar beet to its wild ancestor, and explains the importance of wild relatives as …
Wild Sugar Beets
Category: Crop Wild Relatives
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 …
Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that food crops do not necessarily originate …
The Key To Global Food Security – English
Gayle Volk This one page pdf file uses graphics and short text to illustrate the primary functions of a plant …
The Key To Global Food Security – Chinese
Gayle Volk This one page pdf file uses graphics and short text to illustrate the primary functions of a plant …
The Key To Global Food Security – French
Gayle Volk This one page pdf file uses graphics and short text to illustrate the primary functions of a plant …