Noteworthy

Dr. Allen Van Deynze is a molecular geneticist and a Professional Researcher at the Seed Biotechnology Center at the University of California Davis. DNA LandMarks' Charles Pick asked him for his thoughts on the opportunities currently provided by marker-assisted breeding technologies and where this field will take us in the future.

Noteworthy

KeyGene, the Green Gene revolution goes America KeyGene’s Green Gene approach is to focus on the use of Advanced Molecular Breeding & Molecular Mutagenesis to genetically improve traits of commercial interest in the 6F (food, feed, fiber, fuel, flowers and fun) crops. Headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, Keygene Inc., was setup to expand on KeyGene’s excellent crop breeding research.

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The Vegetable Seed Industry - Where is it Heading
Phil Ashcraft

 

Book excerpts

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, Noel Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs—and thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy today.
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Book excerpts

The Garden of Invention
Jane S. Smith
A wide-ranging and delightful narrative history of the celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth century America
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