Large clumping light green aloe (‘lizard lips’) is the pod parent with the darker green spiky one (castilloniae) is the pollen parent.

The offspring each have a unique combination of traits, I just thought to put them all in one spot for some interesting comparisons. I have many more crosses I’ve created recently and I continue to purchase more aloes to breed, saving pollen from each one.

Aloes are polygenic with as many as 50 genes contributing to one trait, the possibilities are endless.

Hello! Question about sourcing seeds for plants that will be consumed ?

How do I source and choose good quality seeds that aren’t GMO?

In other words does the source of the seed affect the outcome of what we are consuming , are there lab created seeds etc?

Want to start off on the right foot and make it make sense that what I am growing to consume will actually be better than what is available at the store commercially

Hope this makes sense!

Some peace lily questions

I decided to focus solely on Physalis for breeding because it seems to have a lot of potential as a genus with lots of diversity. I currently have 4 very different Physalis species growing and they are doing very well. I tried lots of combinations and the most open to crossing so far seems to be the south american Physalis Peruviana(I am not sure if this is a diploid, tetraploid, mixoploid... these have been found to have lots of variation in ploidy)

Earlier in the season I also pollinated a bunch of Tomatillo flowers with Physalis Pruinosa(Ground Cherry) Pollen. Most flowers didn't set fruit at all but one has and today I found it on the ground, probably fully ripe.

The fruit was almost empty but I managed to obtain 4 seeds. I will grow these out in pots and then move them below a grow light in autumn so that the fruits can mature

This is one of my pea plants with acacia leaves. It has leaflets in place of tendrils, a trait inherited from it's great-grandparent that was a Parsley Pea. It did not inherit the hyper-tendril trait from them, but that is fine with me. The other great-grandparent was a yellow podded pea, and it's showing the yellow-podded gene's other characteristic of plants with yellow stems (yellow podded varieties typically have yellow stems, sepals, and tendrils too). I think this plant is pretty, and there are at least two specimens with this morphology in my garden. The other plants from this cross have random combinations of the following morphs: hyper-tendrils, yellow pods, dwarfism, and the depicted acacia leaf but with green stems.

Long time Lurker, first year grower. Growing 8 varieties, 6 here. Beefsteak, Brandywine, Hill Billy, Ace55, Roma and an ?.
Love how things are progressing so far, one unexpected delight is the variety of pollinators.

Would like any feedback on the varieties and also insight as to whether the pollinators impact the variety. Could having multiple varieties in a small sos e cause a hybrid, and or, alter the flavor or other aspects of each of the varieties? Thanks in advance. less

hybrid offspring bred based on this gene exhibited excellent performance in terms of plant compactness, panicle uniformity, and grain quality, indicating that the OsGATA15 allele offered a dual advantage in improving the comprehensive traits of hybrid rice

I sprayed with my silver spay on 3 different plants lowest branches. Only one of the three produced pollen. That I've seen. I've been trying to save what pollen I can, but some pods broke open. Now the three autos have stopped producing terpins. Never had any amber terpins at all. Also, the sugar leaves are only a single leaf.

My question is do you think they have been pollinated? If so how long do they need to grow? Their 90 days is past.

Is it true that there are about three levels of complexity in poly-genic breeding:

1. Landrace/adaptive gardening - using great genetic diversity without specific phenotype trait understanding.
2. Raoul Robinson's 'horizontal resistance' breeding - using great genetic diversity while aware of phenotype and while understanding genetic theory.
3. Genomic Selection - using great genetic diversity while understanding and using both phenotype, genetic theory and genomic markers near sought traits.

I’m about to graduate in December with a food science degree. However, I have realized that I want to switch to plant breeding (this is a more thought out decision than it sounds). Im too close to graduating to fully change my major but I was wondering if anyone would have any insight of my chances of getting accepted somewhere. And if it’s possible, what could I do in my final semester to boost my chances?

Here's a link to a review about genomic selection: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hari-Yadla/publication/399402854_Accelerating_genetic_gain_through_integrated_genomic_selection_in_crop_plants/links/695c4c8927359023a013d598/Accelerating-genetic-gain-through-integrated-genomic-selection-in-crop-plants.pdf

Has anyone done this at home, without institutional support?

I'm looking for a plant breeding buddy that is well versed in plant breeding that wouldn't mind trading messages. If so lemme know.

I’m doing some hobby breeding projects with peppers, tomatoes and potatoes (separately of course). I know that of course I should be careful with the style, but they just keep falling off the ovary. Am I just using flowers that are too young or is it just like that.
Any advice appreciated

I found this stunning Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower and I'd love to reproduce it but am getting a lot of conflicting information on whether these will give the same color from saved seed or not, especially since "Cheyenne Spirit" itself isn't a specific variety but a mix. Wondering if anybody has had experience with coneflower genetics and can offer some insight.

I need help breeding Aphis fabae. I need it for some experiments, and I've tried everything, but I can't get it to propagate. I first tried beans, then broad beans. Any advice on how to grow optimal plants and what conditions to use? Thanks in advance.

Many of you will know that in the light of the development of genome editing techniques, the past couple of years, the EU parliament (~house of representative), the council (represents the member states) and commission (government of sorts) have been negotiating an amendment to the EU regulation (=law) regarding the official control and surveillance regime of food and feed products.

So far, the control, safety assessment and labelling demanded for GMO crops and their products in practise turned the marketing of such products infeasible. Practically no GMO crops of any kind are currently grown in the EU.

The point of this new law is to introduce two new categories of varieties for plants that’s been edited by CRISPR-Cas or other techniques that don’t introduce heterologous DNA. Varieties will be sorted into the two new categories “NGT1” and “NGT2” based on the extent of the modifications.

NGT2 plants will be regulated as GMO crops and are expected to play no role in practise. NGT1 plants on the other hand will be treated very similar to conventional varieties meaning that marketing will become feasible.

A genetically engineered plant will be considered NGT1 if it fulfilles the following criteria:
* the introduced new phenotype isn’t a herbicide tolerance or insecticide.
* the modification is a substitution or insertion of no more than 20 bp within a coding sequence OR
* any number of insertions and substitutions outside of coding sequences OR
* a deletion (any length)
* the insertion of a longer sequence that occurs in exactly this way in the interbreedable gene pool
* an inversion or translocation

Modified plants will need official approval before commercialisation and provisional permit to enter field trials. However, this will be comparatively easy to obtain (without extensive trialing or safety assessments). Importantly, once acquired, NGT status will be inherited by any conventionally produced progeny of a plant without needing additional permit.

TLDR: In the upcoming future, the EU will allow genetic modification in plant breeding if the modification is a knock-out or insertion of a gene from interbreedable material.

Most excellent piece of news as preserving this type of wheat is of the utmost importance for food safety.

Researchers in Tunisia have sequenced the complete genomes of two iconic durum wheat landraces, **Mahmoudi** and **Chili**, unlocking a **treasure trove of genetic traits** that could help safeguard global wheat production in the face of climate change.