Aeon, Sebastian Ko This video describes the legacy of the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection that began in the late 19th …
Category: History
An Introduction to the USDA Date Palm Collection
Robert Krueger USDA horticulturalist, Robert Krueger, provides a brief overview and history of the national date palm collection in Thermal, …
Agricultural Explorations in Ceylon, Sumatra and Java (1925-1926)
USDA National Agricultural Library This 21-minute video is a historical silent motion picture produced by the USDA in the 1920s. …
Naturalized Plant Immigrants: A Bureau of Plant Industry Picture
USDA National Agricultural Library This 23-minute video is a historical silent motion picture produced by the USDA in the 1920s. …
Bamboos: The Giant Grasses of the Orient
USDA National Agricultural Library This 10-minute video is a historical silent motion picture produced by the USDA in the 1920s. …
Persimmon Harvest and Storage in Chihli Province, China
USDA National Agricultural Library This 11-minute video is a historical silent motion picture produced by the USDA in the 1920s. …
The Four Corners Potato: Conserving an Ancient Food from Escalante, Utah
The University of Utah and the Natural History Museum of Utah Researchers from the Natural History Museum of Utah and …
The USDA Plant Introduction Program
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the history of the …
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 …
Introduction to Crop Wild Relatives
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that food crops do not necessarily …