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Establishing genotype to phenotype relations: from art to science
by Anker P. Sorensen, Vice President,
Keygene Applied Research
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Book excerpts

Drawing on historical and scientific accounts, as well as a rich trove of anecdotes, Noel Kingsbury shows how scientists, amateur breeders, and countless anonymous farmers and gardeners slowly caused the evolutionary pressures of nature to be supplanted by those of human needs—and thus led us from sparse wild grasses to succulent corn cobs, and from mealy, white wild carrots to the juicy vegetables we enjoy today.
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Verdant Partners'
Strategic Insights

The Vegetable Seed Industry - Where is it Heading
Phil Ashcraft

 

Book excerpts

The Garden of Invention
Jane S. Smith
A wide-ranging and delightful narrative history of the celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth century America
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Video interviews

GIANT VIEWS

Video interview with
David Hingst
GM of Hoegemeyer Hybrids and
President of the Independent Professional Seed Association

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Greg Ruehle
CEO of the Independent Professional Seed Association

The Magazine of the Canadian Seed Industry

Video interview with
Keith Lockhart
Commercial Manager
Canada Crop Protection
Chemtura Corporation