Patrick Byrne This video introduces the crop grain amaranth and explains some of the changes that took place during domestication …
Grain Amaranth
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Domestication of Beans
Patrick Byrne This video contrasts wild ancestors of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with cultivated varieties and points out some …
Squash and Pumpkins
Patrick Byrne This video describes the three most commonly grown species of squash and pumpkins: Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, …
Melons and Gourds
Patrick Byrne This video describes a few of the diverse types of melon (Cucumis melo) and one type of …
Pepper Diversity
Patrick Byrne This video describes some of the diverse types of pepper and explains the value of conserving genetic resources …
Colorado Field Crop Tour
Pat Byrne, Meagan Schipanski Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center (ARDEC) is located 4 miles north …
America’s seed bank: Our food supply’s last line of defense
CNN To protect our nation’s food supply against disease and drought, this seed bank stores billions of seeds and …
Bread Wheat x D Genome Diversity
Patrick Byrne Field video showing research plots of different D-genome wheat accessions that were crossed with an adapted wheat …
The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System – An Overview
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service operates a genebank network designed to protect crucial plant germplasm. This …