Like human multiplication, plants have parents from which they came.
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A love affair with squash
The job of a squash breeder is part art and part science. Bill Johnson had decided this was what he wanted to do by the time he started college.
How baby carrots became a nutritious snack
In 1986 Mike Yurosek, a California carrot farmer, came up with the idea to cut up and peel carrots that were too ugly or broken to be sold. Normally, the ugly carrots were sorted from the pretty carrots and discarded.
Monsanto’s plant breeders play matchmaker
Like matchmakers, the goal of plant breeders is to bring together the two plants best-suited for each other so they can produce offspring with the best characteristics of both. The resulting offspring are called hybrids or varieties, depending on the crop.
Brandie Piper 