Boxwood Breeding at the U.S. National Arboretum

Fred Gouker • July 18, 2021

Learn more about the development of improved woody ornamental landscape plants with superior ornamental value and that are tolerant to abiotic and biotic stress. Using the boxwood germplasm collection amassed at the U.S. National Arboretum, researchers are screening boxwood accessions for disease resistance, developing screening assays, and studying crossing and seed parameters to create new hybrids as part of a long-term breeding program to develop blight resistant boxwood cultivars.


Presented by Fred Gouker, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, U.S. National Arboretum

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