Lourdes Medrano, Undark Do wild varieties of overlooked grains, fruits, and vegetables hold the key to developing more …
In the Face of Extreme Weather, Scientists Look to Adapt Crops
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Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Breeders Boost Flavor and Nutrition with Brilliant Red-Bran Rice!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of how plant breeders developed ‘Scarlett’, a nutritious …
Incredible Feats of Plant Breeding: Peanut Breeders Deliver A KO to the Notorious RKN!
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee This comic book style graphic tells the story of how scientists identified the gene in wild …
Planning an Exploration for Plant Genetic Resources to be Incorporated into the USDA National Plant Germplasm System
Karen Williams This chapter provides information about how to plan for a plant exploration to collect novel genetic resources …
Badge Course – Crop Wild Relatives
G. Volk, P. Byrne and D. Namuth-Covert This free short-course provides learners a basic understanding of food crop domestication …
Wild Relatives are Plant Breeders Insurance Policy for Food Security
Ally Rodden, Pat Byrne, Barbara Hellier, Alan Humphries This is a video of a panel discussion and a summary article …
Climate change impacts management of genebanks and botanic gardens
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter describes how genebanks and botanic gardens are conserving plant genetic …
World’s Largest Potato Gene Bank
PBS Wisconsin The Wisconsin Gardner host, Shelley Ryan, interviews USDA’s Dr. John Bamburg, to discuss the diverse potato varieties in …
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 …
Wild Sugar Beets
Patrick Byrne This video compares cultivated sugar beet to its wild ancestor, and explains the importance of wild relatives as …