Nahla Bassil, Jim Oliphant, Patricio Munoz This success story describes how a wild blueberry, Florida 4B, was instrumental in …
Blueberry Florida 4B – Southern Production
Category: eBook Chapters
Blueberry ‘Perpetua’ and ‘Echo’ – Repeat Flowering
Ryan King, Nahla Bassil This success story describes how plant breeders from the USDA and Oregon State University developed …
Hazelnut ‘Gasaway’ – EFB Resistance
Nahla Bassil, Shawn Mehlenbacher This success story describes how the pollinizer hazelnut, ‘Gasaway’, saved the U.S. hazelnut industry. Plant …
Hop ‘Monocacy’ – Northeastern Adaptation
Nahla Bassil, Kim Lewers This success story describes how the hop plant ‘Monocacy’ found its way to USDA geneticists …
Beetroot ‘Badger’ Series – Market Appeal
Irwin Goldman This success story highlights the development of Badger table beets, a series of beetroot cultivars bred …
Climate adaptation planning for plant collections and conservation
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter explores how climate adaptation planning can be used to understand …
Climate change impacts management of genebanks and botanic gardens
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter describes how genebanks and botanic gardens are conserving plant genetic …
Plant breeding for climate change: Opportunities for adaptation and mitigation
Patrick F. Byrne This eBook chapter summarizes the past, present, and future use of plant genetic resources in plant …
Climate change affects plant interactions with pollinators, pathogens, and pests
Brian M. Irish, Gayle M. Volk This eBook chapter provides information to explain how climate change affects plant interactions …
The need for plant genetic resource collections in a climate change context
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter introduces the concept of plant collections and their importance in …