Projects

Pawpaw Improvement Project

To continue to select for larger, more delicious pawpaws (Asimina triloba). Other goals are less seed weight (7% and…

4H tricolor corn project

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

Cold-hardy avocado breeding for the PNW

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

Maypop Passionfruit Improvement Project

The purpose of this project is to collaboratively identify and develop more useful varieties of maypop…

Perennial Kale Breeding Project

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