Plant Breeding
Cold-Hardy Prickly Pear Cactus
This project aims to test — and push — the northern limits of a large-fruited species of prickly pear…
Perennial Kale Breeding Project
Oregon-based plant breeder Chris Homanics is working to develop diverse perennial kale lines that…
Monkey Puzzle Tree Proliferation…
Aimed at younger growers with permanent tenure on their land, this project aims to increase the…
Tartary Buckwheat Germplasm Evaluation…
Evaluating roughly 80 accessions of Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum), a valuable pseudo-…
Mayapple Crop Improvement Project
A long-term breeding project with overlapping goals: developing cultivars of American mayapples (…
Chinquapin Chestnut as a Productive…
A collaborative long-term project to identify and/or breed cultivars of chinquapin chestnut (Castanea…
EFN Jojoba Improvement Project
A long-term project aimed at developing productive frost-resistant jojoba as a renewable energy crop.