Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter focuses on three concepts that have been important in plant breeding: …
Plant Breeding
Tag: corn
Warm Season Grass Crops
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This chapter examines some of the major warm season grass crops including dent …
Crop Diversity: A Virtual Crop Science Field Tour
Patrick Byrne, Meagan Schipanski, Deana Namuth-Covert This eBook provides a virtual field tour at Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development …
Popcorn
Megan Schipanski This video describes popcorn, a class of corn that has been selected for its thick seed coat …
Corn Domestication
Patrick Byrne Domestication of corn from its wild ancestor teosinte occurred in Mexico about 8,000 years ago. This video …
Corn Recurrent Selection
Patrick Byrne This video explains and illustrates the plant breeding practice known as recurrent selection, a cyclical process of …
Dent Corn
Meagan Schipanski This video describes dent corn, a highly productive crop grown primarily for carbohydrates for livestock feed and …
Corn Hybrids
Patrick Byrne This video explains and illustrates the concept of hybrid vigor, the improved performance of offspring compared to …
Corn Landraces
Patrick Byrne Landraces are traditional varieties selected by farmers for adaptation to local conditions and food preferences. These varieties …
Colorado Field Crop Tour
Pat Byrne, Meagan Schipanski Colorado State University’s Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center (ARDEC) is located 4 miles north …