Projects

Pawpaw Improvement Project

To continue to select for larger, more delicious pawpaws (Asimina triloba). Other goals are less seed…

4H tricolor corn project

I have a junior 4H student (middle school level) who is interested in seed saving and plant breeding. She is working on…

Cold-hardy avocado breeding for the PNW

Seeking to find the hardiest Mexican-race avocado cultivars and landraces available, then interbreed…

Perennial Dividing Onion Diversification

A long term project to bring back the diversity in potato onions and other perennial dividing onions by…

Perennial Kale Breeding Project

Oregon-based plant breeder Chris Homanics is working to develop diverse perennial kale lines that taste great,…