Shane Campbell-Staton, Human Footprint, PBS As one industrialized strain of corn is dominating the market, it’s rapidly replacing …
How Corn Took Over the World
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De especies silvestres a razas locales y cultivos
Patrick Byrne, Christopher Richards, Gayle Volk El propósito de este capítulo es proporcionar una descripción general del …
The Wonderful World of Corn
Sherry Flint-Garcia USDA-ARS Research Geneticist, Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia, introduces viewers to a bigger picture of corn (maize) and …
Manual Corn Pollination
Sherry Flint-Garcia, University of Missouri CAFNR USDA scientist Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia explains why researchers pollinate corn by hand …
Breeding with Teosinte, Wild Ancestor of Corn
Patrick Byrne Crop wild relatives provide diverse genes with often beneficial traits for plant breeders seeking to diversify and improve …
Corn Breeding at Cornell University
Margaret Smith, Cornell University, NAPB Virtual field tour with Margaret Smith, Professor, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School …
Down on the Farm | Adapting Exotic Corn to U.S.
USDA-ARS Tropical maize germplasm can help U.S. corn overcome hotter, drier conditions brought about by climate change. However, those tropical …
Three Sisters: Companion Planting of North American Indigenous Peoples
Tada Vargas, Emma Balunek, Katheryn Chen, Patrick Byrne The term ‘Three Sisters’ refers to corn (Zea mays), beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), …
Three Sisters
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter provides an overview of Three Sisters agriculture, the Indigenous American tradition …
Plant Breeding
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter focuses on three concepts that have been important in plant breeding: …