US food security in peril due to decline in plant breeding programs

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Aug-12 Wed 09:38

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9240000/us-food-security-in-peril-due-to-decline-in-plant-bree…

2020-Aug-12 Wed 09:38

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A team of scientists led by Washington State University horticulture professor Kate Evans -who leads WSU's pome fruit breeding program- has found that public plant breeding programs are seeing decreases in funding and personnel. The study was published in the journal Crop Science. Evans and her…

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