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Various inshell pecans on display on a blue background with a color scale from light cream to dark brown. These pecans are part of the germplasm repository.

by Warren Chatwin, Angelyn Hilton, and Keith Kubenka Profiles

The Value of Maintaining a Germplasm Repository for Pecans and Hickories

The USDA ARS Pecan Breeding and Genetics program is home to both the Pecan Breeding Program and the National Collection of Genetic Resources for Pecans and Hickories (NCGR Carya). In my October 2022 article, Three Genetics Tools to Improve Pecan Breeding, I outlined the genetic tools the USDA will implement to improve the pecan breeding...