Patrick Byrne This video introduces the crop grain amaranth and explains some of the changes that took place during domestication …
Grain Amaranth
Category: Domestication
Domestication of Beans
Patrick Byrne This video contrasts wild ancestors of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with cultivated varieties and points out some …
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 …
Colorado Field Crop Tour
Pat Byrne, Meagan Schipanski Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center (ARDEC) is located 4 miles north …
Case Study: Sunflower Domestication and Breeding
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to explain the history of sunflower domestication and …
Case Study: Wheat Domestication and Breeding
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to explain how wheat originated in the Fertile …
From Wild Species to Landraces and Cultivars
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the domestication process from …