Bonus Bite 4
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Breeding for pest and disease resistance in plants is common practice in modern agriculture. Scientists typically focus on breeding for traits that result in higher yields and a longer shelf-life to keep up with supply and demand. But in this Bonus Bite episode, we shift into a conversation about breeding for flavor, a mostly neglected trait up until now. Flavor breeding is considered 鈥渢he last frontier of plant breeding鈥 by some experts and could bring tastier products to our tables. This episode covers the work of 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis researchers in search of a tastier fruit.
In this episode:
, director of the Strawberry Breeding Program. His research focuses on the breeding, genetics and genomics of strawberries.
, flavor expert and associate professor of plant sciences. Her research focuses on the development of fruit aroma and the chemical elements and objective assessment of fruit flavor.