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  • From: refugia <refugia@zoho.com>
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  • Subject: [nafex] How to Breed Your Pwn Vegetables, Workshop April 27th
  • Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:45:41 -0700

http://basilseedlibrary.com/event/vegetable-breeding-intensive-short-course

Fred Hempel is an organic farmer and plant breeder at Baia Nicchia farm. He
breeds tomatoes squash, peppers, &amp; mustard. He sells his own &amp;
Ethiopian vegetable varieties through Artisan Seeds. He has released multiple
tomato varieties that are sold through partnerships with wholesale producers
and seed companies. The course will cover: Planning and Tools for Data
Assessment: gather materials; preliminary experiments; prioritize important
traits for plant selection
Seed Saving and Introduction to Reproductive Biology (inbreeding,
outcrossing, vegetative propagation, ect.)
Principles of Selection: what to look out for in order to get the results you
want (or something along those lines...) a) recognizing mutations, natural
crossing between garden neighbors, and line variation b) Selection for, or
against, recognized traits
Introduction to Cross-pollination, and How to create your own Hybrid
An analysis of Hybrids
Post-hybrid selection for new open-pollinated varieties. Selection and data
organization
Politics of Seed: Intellectual property, distribution issues and
return-on-investment: Implications for the use of varieties in breeding, and
for paying for your breeding activities.





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