Tim Porch Tolerance to heat, drought, pests, and diseases makes tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) essential for conservation, research, …
Tepary Beans: Breeding for Climate Resilience at USDA TARS
Category: Collection Maintenance
An Overview of the USDA TARS
Ricardo Goenaga The Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) is responsible for the conservation and research of tropical …
Geoambiente: TARS Crops & Science
María Falcón, Geoambiente This Spanish language documentary (with English subtitles) features the USDA Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) …
USDA TARS Tropical Bamboo Collection
Ricardo Goenaga Dr. Ricardo Goenaga provides an overview of the national collection of tropical bamboo germplasm housed at …
USDA TARS Cacao Collection
Ricardo Goenaga Learn about the national cacao germplasm collection housed at the USDA ARS Tropical Agriculture Research Station …
Cryotherapy Using Shoot Tip Cryopreservation
Jean Carlos Bettoni, Gayle Volk This chapter provides an overview of cryotherapy, a technology that uses shoot …
Grafting Cacao
Angel Marrero USDA technician Angel Marrero grows rootstocks and side grafts cacao (Theobroma cacao) to propagate specific cultivars …
Grafting Pecan
Keith Kubenka Watch USDA horticulturalist Keith Kubenka bark graft pecan (Carya illinoinensis) to propagate material within the National Collection of …
NPGS Temperate-adapted forage legume genetic resources
Brian Irish Temperate-adapted forage legumes are agriculturally important crops. This fact sheet describes some of the ways the USDA National …
NPGS Seed of Success Collaboration
Brian Irish, Bailey Hallwachs, Christina Walters, Peggy Olwell This fact sheet describes the USDA National Plant Germplasm System’s involvement in …