There’s some wild plants afoot! A series of blog posts in Sustainable, Secure Food highlights the important role crop wild relatives, the wild and weedy cousins of domesticated crops, play in future food security.
The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) is celebrating Crop Wild Relative Week September 22-29, 2018. The week features information on the benefits these wild cousins bring to today’s familiar crops.
Researchers are giving an ancient grain a new life: "Buck" barley is naked, but not in an indecent way. Naked barley does not require pearling, allowing it to hold onto the bran and whole grain status.
Researchers are uncovering the genome of cowpeas, also known as black-eyed peas, in response to challenging growing conditions and the need for food security.
Educational videos released this week by the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) celebrate the International Year of Pulses (IYP), as designated by the United Nations. Pulses--dry beans, peas, and lentils--are an important crop for a sustainable agronomic future. The videos are the latest in a series of informational offerings by CSSA celebrating IYP.
The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) sent ten students to the PanAfrican Legume Conference and World Cowpea Conference in Livingstone, Zambia. CSSA is celebrating the International Year of Pulses (IYP) to promote pulses -- crops of dry beans, peas, and lentils.
Speakers from the forefront of the scientific and production-based issues of industrial hemp
Common blight is a devastating bacterial disease. It greatly reduces the yield and quality of bean crops across the world. Conventional breeding techniques can be used to generate cultivars of common bean that are resistant to the common blight. But it remains challenging to breed cultivars of common bean that combine the desired high yield and quality with resistance to diseases.
Researchers have found the molecular marker -- a pattern in the plant's natural DNA -- for calcium in potatoes. This will save time in breeding high-quality, high-calcium potatoes that resist rot.
The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) is sending ten graduate students to Zambia to learn more about dry bean research and increase international knowledge of this important crop. CSSA worked in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Feed the Future’s Knowledge-Driven Agricultural Development (KDAD) project to select and fund the students.
A new variety of upright pinto bean, Long’s Peak, combines upright architecture with high yields, excellent seed color and weight, and resistance to several diseases such as common rust. The International Year of Pulses coincidentally highlights the importance of this and other beans for the health of the soil -- and humans.
Cotton's genetic history is full of surprises. From transoceanic travels to inter-species cross-breedings, cotton’s story is one of plant and seed survival, adaptation, and human cultivation. What started as a naturally tough, unspinnable fiber has been transformed into something most folks adore for its soft, comforting feel.
Discerning consumers are turning to Old World grains like spelt, emmer, and einkorn. However, reviving ancient grains in modern times isn't without its challenges. Researchers hope to learn more about how to best grow these grains on modern farms, and how to best use them in modern baking.
A resistant strain of wheat can reduce nematode numbers in the soil and protect the next rotation of tomato plants.
North America isn’t known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of globally important food crops such as sunflower, bean, sweet potato, and strawberry.
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign find that Bt corn has higher yields and uses nitrogen more efficiently than non-Bt corn.
It's considered an important crop for those living in a small village, nestled within the Sierra Juarez Mountains. And farming is the primary occupation for 600 residents of Santa Maria Jaltianguis in Oaxaca, Mexico. Most depend on the high-protein Phaseolus bean to feed their family. Just one in five sell it to a local market. Now a California researcher and Crops Science Society of America member is revealing some surprising preservation practices found, while studying these natives at work. Their techniques are considered key to conserving bean diversity unique to the region.
New edge of extinction research is creating a revival of conservation and interest in what these old wild relatives of current crops mean to the future.
American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America member leads team to determine delays.
Current durum wheat cultivars have no resistance to Fusarium head blight, but USDA researchers are searching for a solution to this widespread disease
A unique study shows the progress of soybean breeding for improved animal nutrition.
The annual awards are presented for outstanding contributions to crop science through education, national and international service, and research.
The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) will continue a time-honored tradition this year with the presentation of the following individuals as 2011 CSSA Fellows at a special Awards Ceremony during their Annual Meeting on Oct. 16-19 in San Antonio, TX
Researchers hit the links to determine the divot resistance of several types of turfgrass.
Scientists study the factors that influence the concentration of lutein, an antioxidant found in soybeans.
Researchers utilize core collections of peanut genetics to solve agricultural problems for farmers around the world.
Scientists isolate single protein in potatoes responsible for an unhealthy compound produced when cooking at high temperatures.
Scientists practice a method to help discover specific genes that determine fruit traits.
Scientists turn to an exotic Chinese wheat cultivar in search of disease resistant genetics.
Crop Science Society of America releases a position statement that calls for research programs to understand crops’ adaptation to drought, heat, and biological stresses from climate change
Tropical maize is a valuable genetic resource that can help scientists identify the specific genes controlling daylight response.
Research shows that sufficient genetic variation exists in cotton cultivars to continue improving agronomic performance.
Scientists at the Netherlands’ Center for Genetic Resources have examined the extent of the problem of non-authenticity of old cultivars in genebank collections using a large lettuce collection from a Dutch genebank.
Researchers at the University of California-Davis, Kansas State University, and the USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory in Minnesota have mapped and characterized a gene resistant to Ugandan stem rust.
Rice production faces the threat of a growing worldwide water scarcity. Approximately, 75% of the world’s rice is grown in flooded, lowland conditions. Scientists have developed a rice crop that is not only drought tolerant but high yielding.
In Uganda, the sweet potato is a major staple crop. In an effort to identify, collect, evaluate, and mitigate the loss of important types, a study was conducted by the National Crops Resources Research Institute in Namulaong, Uganda.
Crop Science Society of America will present the the 2010 Fellows at their Annual Meetings, Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 in Long Beach.
The Crop Science Society of America will present its annual awards during the Annual Meetings, Oct. 31 to Nov 3.
Genetic diversity in lima beans is sharply reduced from wild populations
Scientists develop framework to monitor second-generation transgenic crops.
Have wheat breeders reached the maximum potential for grain yield?
Finding strong differences in how Kentucky bluegrass varieties stand up to wear.
Researchers discover cassava varieties that resist post-harvest deterioration, which will benefit farmers in developing countries.
Report documents the status of cotton seed collections across eight countries.
Scientists analyze root-to-shoot ratios in seedlings to estimate future yield and response to water stress.
New research identifies greater molecular diversity in commercial Virginia-type peanut cultivars, useful for disease resistance.
Mapping rare white clover leaf traits to improve breeding new cultivars.
Scientists identify soil pH as an indicator of the presence of soybean cyst nematodes
Crop Science Society identifies the grand challenges facing global crop production and adaptation strategies for agriculture.
Scientists use genetic fingerprints to protect maize farmers from mistaken or stolen seed identity by distinguishing strains of open pollinated varities from each other.
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