The next generation of the federally funded RosBREED research program uses DNA techniques to deliver varieties that benefit both growers and consumers.
Following four years of research into improved breeding, the RosBREED project has issued a series of impact statements summarizing its major accomplishments.
The RosBREED project was designed to create a national network that would facilitate the use of marker-assisted breeding to deliver improved plant materials more efficiently and rapidly. It has succeeded in doing so.
Michigan, the Midwest fruit production powerhouse that’s home to the ‘Motor City,’ may be throttling down on some fronts but is revved about what’s ahead.
USDA project, which also includes cranberries, is designed to sustain increasing demand by adapting to changing consumer preferences and expanding into new production regions.
Armillaria root rot is a death sentence for trees and replant sites; however, researchers are looking to breed fungus-resistant rootstocks to make replanting economically feasible.
A genetic analysis conducted by New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station researchers aims to improve modern cultivation efforts of strawberry growers.