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THE NATIONAL APPLE ROOTSTOCK 
BREEDING PROGRAM (Gennaro, Fazio)

Dwarfing Rootstock

 

These two trees of the variety Crispen (Mutzu) have been planted at the same time but have different root systems. The dwarfing root system is more productive, precocious, disease resistant and requires less pesticide and labor.
Objective
To develop new productive, disease resistant apple rootstocks using modern selection techniques.

 

 

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2020 PGRU Vegetable Crop Germplasm-NE9-Presentation (MS PowerPoint)

 

 

 

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High-throughput Genotyping of Vegetable Crops for Germplasm Conservation (MS PowerPoint) 

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    2017 Envirothon Advisors Tour (MS PowerPoint)

 

 

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How to Find the Seeds You Need (MS PowerPoint)

 

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