PBS Terra. Once towering over eastern U.S. forests, billions of American chestnut trees nourished ecosystems, built homes, and …
America’s Great Lost Tree Is Finally Returning
Category: Plant Breeding
Breeding Finger Lime
Robert Krueger. Learn about finger limes (Microcitrus), including the work being done to improve their marketability. The National …
An Overview of Dates
Robert Krueger. Learn about the history of date cultivation and see how mangrove date palms may help improve …
Purple Tomatoes
Roger Chetelat. Learn about the genetic mutations that contribute to the production of purple tomatoes. Dr. Roger Chetelat, …
Tomato Wild Species
Roger Chetelat. Learn about several important wild relatives of tomato from Dr. Roger Chetelat, former director of the …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Global Heating Got You Down? Desert Sister of Common Beans to the Rescue!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee. Beans are an essential food for people around the world. Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) is a desert-adapted …
Cacao Research and Breeding at SHRS
Osman Gutierrez, Mike Winterstein. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is the important crop that gives us chocolate! Learn about a …
The National Avocado Germplasm Collection
Gul Shad Ali. Avocado (Persea americana) is a subtropical crop prized for its delicious fruit with high oil …
Mint NPGS Germplasm – Oil Yield
Nestor Kippes, Luca Comai, Isabelle M. Henry, Nahla V. Bassil, Carolyn Scagel, and Lauri Reinhold. A survey of …
Almond ‘Yorizane’ – Self-fertile
Rachel Spaeth This success story describes how Dr. Ledbetter used plant genetic resources from the NPGS to develop …