Plant Breeding

Tropical Foliage Plant Development: Origin of New Cultivars

R. J. Henny and J. Chen

Tropical Foliage Plant Development: Breeding Techniques for Anthurium and Spathiphyllum

R.J. Henny, J. Chen, and T. A. Mellich

Tropical Foliage Plant Development: Breeding Techniques for Aglaonema and Dieffenbachia

R.J. Henny, J. Chen and T.A. Mellich

Multi-Cavity Collection: A Method for Sampling Bulk Solutions from Plug Media

Jianjun Chen, Yangfeng Huang, Cynthia A. Robinson, and Russell D. Caldwell

The UF/IFAS Strawberry Clean Plant Program

Catalina Moyer, Natalia A. Peres, and Vance M. Whitaker

Florida strawberry growers primarily utilize cultivars developed by the UF/IFAS Strawberry Breeding Program. These cultivars are bred to provide the yield and quality traits needed by the Florida industry. Yet if a new cultivar has the traits that Florida growers need but pathogen-tested planting stock is not available to growers, the cultivar’s impact will be limited. The Clean Plant Program generates the pathogen-tested planting stock that nurseries and growers require.

Improving Strawberry Varieties by Somaclonal Variation

Cheol-Min Yoo, Cheryl Dalid, Catalina Moyer, Vance Whitaker, and Seonghee Lee

Somaclonal variation is a breeding method utilizing natural genetic variation induced by a tissue culture process instead of by hybridization. This offers an alternative to mutation breeding for the introduction of new genetic variations in existing strawberry varieties. The main purpose of this new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department is to share the potential of this technique with plant breeders in the public and private industries. The secondary purpose is to educate the industry and the public on the scientific background of somaclonal variation. Written by Cheol-Min Yoo, Cheryl Dalid, Catalina Moyer, Vance Whitaker, and Seonghee Lee.

Current Status of Research, Regulations, and Future Challenges for CRISPR Gene Editing in Crop Improvement

Sadikshya Sharma, Kaitlyn Vondracek, Heqiang Huo, Tie Liu and Seonghee Lee

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Citizen awareness of food systems and the environment