Karen Williams This chapter provides information about how to plan for a plant exploration to collect novel genetic resources …
Planning an Exploration for Plant Genetic Resources to be Incorporated into the USDA National Plant Germplasm System
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A Virtual Tour of the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
David Peters, Forrest Douglass, Candice Gardner Research Leader, David Peters, provides a tour of the North Central Regional Plant Introduction …
USDA-ARS Hemp Pollen Collection
Anthony Barraco This video shows how to assemble and use a pollen collection apparatus for the purpose of collecting pollen …
Blueberry Florida 4B – Southern Production
Nahla Bassil, Jim Oliphant, Patricio Munoz This success story describes how a wild blueberry, Florida 4B, was instrumental in …
Blueberry ‘Perpetua’ and ‘Echo’ – Repeat Flowering
Ryan King, Nahla Bassil This success story describes how plant breeders from the USDA and Oregon State University developed …
Hazelnut ‘Gasaway’ – EFB Resistance
Nahla Bassil, Shawn Mehlenbacher This success story describes how the pollinizer hazelnut, ‘Gasaway’, saved the U.S. hazelnut industry. Plant …
Hop ‘Monocacy’ – Northeastern Adaptation
Nahla Bassil, Kim Lewers This success story describes how the hop plant ‘Monocacy’ found its way to USDA geneticists …
The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System – An Overview (6 min)
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service operates a genebank network designed to protect crucial plant germplasm. This …
Where the Hops Are Preserved
Beervana Blog, Jeff Alworth Driven by an interest in the newly released hop, ‘Monocacy’, Jeff Alworth toured the USDA National …
Beetroot ‘Badger’ Series – Market Appeal
Irwin Goldman This success story highlights the development of Badger table beets, a series of beetroot cultivars bred …