Patricia Henderson This eBook chapter provides a brief overview of the crop grass pea, including its origins, production, …
Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus)
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Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
Patricia Henderson This eBook chapter provides a brief overview of the crop pigeon pea, including its origins, production, …
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
Patricia Henderson This eBook chapter provides a brief overview of the crop chickpea, including its origins, production, use, …
The Importance of Indigenous Crops
Katheryn Chen and Patrick Byrne This eBook chapter introduces the concept of understudied Indigenous crops, briefly describing their …
Conducting an Exploration for Plant Genetic Resources to be Incorporated into the USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Karen Williams This chapter provides information about how to conduct a plant exploration to collect novel genetic resources for …
Planning an Exploration for Plant Genetic Resources to be Incorporated into the USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Karen Williams This chapter provides information about how to plan for a plant exploration to collect novel genetic resources …
Blueberry Florida 4B – Southern Production
Nahla Bassil, Jim Oliphant, Patricio Munoz This success story describes how a wild blueberry, Florida 4B, was instrumental in …
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 …