Brian M. Irish, E. Charles Brummer, Deborah Samac This success story describes how wild alfalfa in the …
Alfalfa NPGS Germplasm – Leafhopper Resistance
Barley ‘Mesa’ – Russian Wheat Aphid Resistance
Patrick Byrne, Dolores Mornhinweg This success story describes how a barley landrace with resistance to the devastating …
Tepary Beans: Breeding for Climate Resilience at USDA TARS
Tim Porch Tolerance to heat, drought, pests, and diseases makes tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) essential for conservation, research, …
An Overview of the USDA TARS
Ricardo Goenaga The Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) is responsible for the conservation and research of tropical …
Online Resources for Genebanking Best Practices
Gayle Volk Best practices for plant genetic resource genebanking, seed banking, and conservation have been published by …
Soybean Winter Nursery Speeds Up Variety Development
NC Soybean Producers Association This 2017 blogpost shows how 5 acres of land at the Tropical Agriculture Research …
Geoambiente: TARS Crops & Science
María Falcón, Geoambiente This Spanish language documentary (with English subtitles) features the USDA Tropical Agriculture Research Station (TARS) …
Genebank for the Future
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) This video introduces the significance and activities of the genebank project …
Manual Corn Pollination
Sherry Flint-Garcia, University of Missouri CAFNR USDA scientist Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia explains why researchers pollinate corn by hand …
USDA TARS Tropical Bamboo Collection
Ricardo Goenaga Dr. Ricardo Goenaga provides an overview of the national collection of tropical bamboo germplasm housed at …