G. Volk, P. Byrne and D. Namuth-Covert This free short-course provides learners a basic understanding of food …
Badge Course – Crop Wild Relatives
Category: Landraces & Heirloom Cultivars
Seeds Out West
Charly Frisk Seed stories transfer important knowledge and give hope. This podcast focuses on seed stories from …
The Malus Domestica Detectives
Science Friday In this Science Friday segment, host Ira Flatow interviews Shaun Shepherd (Temperate Orchard Conservancy) and …
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 …
Three Sisters: Companion Planting of North American Indigenous Peoples
Tada Vargas, Emma Balunek, Katheryn Chen, Patrick Byrne The term ‘Three Sisters’ refers to corn (Zea mays), beans …
Three Sisters
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter provides an overview of Three Sisters agriculture, the Indigenous American tradition …
Plant Breeding
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter focuses on three concepts that have been important in plant breeding: …
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 …
Corn Landraces
Patrick Byrne Landraces are traditional varieties selected by farmers for adaptation to local conditions and food preferences. These varieties …