Breeding

Seed Increase Trials Lead to Release of Promising New Disease- Resistant Varieties

Summary

Investigator: Michael Mazourek, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Project location: Cornell University’s 30 acre certified organic Freeville Organic Research Farm, located 10 miles north of Cornell’s Ithaca, New York main campus.

Four organic breeding guides: An Introduction to Organic Breeding; and Organic Breeding for Sweet Corn, Carrots, and Tomatoes

Summary

Coordinator: Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Project locations: Washington, Wisconsin, Oregon, Minnesota

Farmer-based evolutionary participatory plant breeding for organic quinoa, buckwheat, and spelt

Summary

Investigator: Kevin Murphy, Washington State University, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pullman, WA
Project locations: Washington, North Dakota

Creating two open pollinated, sugary enhanced sweet corn varieties

Summary

Investigator: Jonathan Spero, Lupine Knoll Farm, Williams, Oregon
Project location: Oregon

Maintaining our own seed allows the farmer to adapt seeds to his or her location and growing methods. Seed saving requires open pollinated varieties. Development work in the last 50 or more years has been almost entirely based on hybrids. While hybrids have advantages in creation of corn that is both uniform and productive, we can create open pollinated varieties that are better than any op’s now available.

Organic Participatory Plant Breeding Toolkit: Tools and training in participatory breeding projects for researchers and organic farmers

Summary

Coordinator: Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance, Port Townsend, Washington
Stakeholders: Any farmer or agricultural researcher interested in participatory plant breeding as a tool for developing organic seed varieties.

Developing “Organic-Ready” Maize Populations

Summary

Investigator: Frank Kutka, Seed We Need, Dickinson, North Dakota
Project location: North Dakota

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