Todd Little-Siebold Dr. Todd Little-Siebold (College of the Atlantic) discusses some of the important historical apple trees of …
Historic Apple Trees of Maine
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This new variety of apple has a $10 million hype machine behind it — and farmers are hoping it can save Washington’s apple industry
Mark Abadi, Marisa Palmer This Business Insider article describes the release of Cosmic Crisp, a sweet and crisp …
Apple ‘Robusta 5’ – Resilient Rootstock
Gennaro Fazio, Terence Robinson This success story features the Cornell University and USDA apple rootstock breeding program …
Fantastic Discoveries in Plant Breeding: An Out-of-this-World Apple with the Fastest Adoption in History!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of the development and rapid adoption of apple …
What are Clonally Propagated Crops?
Katheryn Chen In this short video, CSU scientist, Katheryn Chen, introduces the concept of “clonally” or “vegetatively” propagated crops for …
USDA-ARS Apple Rootstock Genetics Research
Gennaro Fazio, Cornell University, NAPB Virtual field tour with Gennaro Fazio, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, N.Y., …
USDA-ARS Apple/Tart Cherry Germplasm Collection
Benjamin Gutierrez, Cornell University, NAPB Virtual field tour with Benjamin Gutierrez, Apple/Tart Cherry Curator, USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, …
Apple Breeding at Cornell University
Susan Brown, Cornell University, NAPB Virtual field tour with Susan Brown, Professor, Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell …
The Malus Domestica Detectives
Science Friday In this Science Friday segment, host Ira Flatow interviews Shaun Shepherd (Temperate Orchard Conservancy) and Gayle Volk (USDA …
Apple Cryopreservation
Gayle Volk The USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) in Fort Collins, Colorado secures collections of our nation’s …