Patrick Byrne This video compares cultivated sugar beet to its wild ancestor, and explains the importance of wild relatives as …
Wild Sugar Beets
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Legume Family: Forage Legumes
Meagan Schipanski The Legume Family includes many important forage crops (crops grown for hay or for grazing by …
Legume Family: Nitrogen Fixation
Meagan Schipanski In this video the ability of Legume Family plants to acquire nitrogen from the atmosphere is described. …
Botanic Gardens- Plant Genetic Resources Infographic – English
Sarada Krishnan, Tara Moreau, Gayle Volk, Pat Byrne This infographic illustrates the role of botanic gardens for the conservation …
Sunflower Hybrids
Patrick Byrne This video explains the production of hybrid cultivars in sunflowers. The male parent produces large amounts of …
Sunflower Domestication
Patrick Byrne Sunflowers are one of the few crops domesticated in what is now the U.S. This video describes …
Flax
Meagan Schipanski This video describes flax, which is grown for the healthful oil of its seeds and its stem …
Grain and Forage Sorghum
Meagan Schipanski This video presents several types of Sorghum bicolor: grain sorghum, forage sorghum, sudangrass, and a sudangrass x …
Millets
Meagan Schipanski Millets encompass several different species of warm-season grasses grown for their small seeds or as a forage …
Popcorn
Megan Schipanski This video describes popcorn, a class of corn that has been selected for its thick seed coat …