Hardy-rose Breeding at the Morden Research Station

Breeding Cold-hardy Fruit Crops in Minnesota

The Univ. of Minnesota has one of the oldest, continuous fruit breeding programs in North America. It serves a region that experiences all the vagaries of a continental climate, with temperatures ranging from above 35C in the summer to below – 40C in the winter. Precipitation, as rain during the growing season and snow during the dormant season, can vary dramatically from year to year. These wo...

First Year at Banff International Research Station

brings to the institute a strong academic standing , excellent administrative and leadership experience, and a far-reaching international network of scientists. I am sitting in the beautiful westward-facing dining room at the Banff Centre, watching the sun set gloriously into the Rocky Mountains. Even with it all in front of me, it is still hard to grasp the reality that the mathematicians of W...

White Rose Research Online

Ethnobotanical Research at the Kutukú Scientific Station, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador

This work features the results of an ethnobotanical study on the uses of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of the region near to the Kutukú Scientific Station of Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, located in the Morona-Santiago province, southeast of Ecuador. In the surroundings of the station, one ethnic group, the Shuar, has been identified. The survey hereafter reports a total of 131 plant...

Strategies Used for Variety Selection in the Breeding Programme at the Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station

Sugarcane breeding is expensive because the plant is perennial and the frequency in obtaining superior clones is low. Plant breeding involves developing strategies that will increase the probability of identifying superior varieties. This paper discusses the strategies used to select varieties with high sugar yield, good disease and pest tolerance and adaptable to the South-East Lowveld of Zimb...