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The Horticulture Innovation Lab's research on seed systems aims to increase access to higher quality seed and improved crop varieties, including technologies and practices that improve local seed saving practices.
Led by
James Nienhuis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This project brings together the technology and biological capital of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the World Vegetable Center, based Taiwan, with the managerial and technical skills of t
Led by
Rick Bates, The Pennsylvania State University
Informal seed systems provide access to locally adapted indigenous crops and constitute an essential component of sustainable production for resource-poor farmers.
Led by
Kent Bradford, University of California, Davis
Improving the ability of smallholder farmers to access high-quality seeds of improved varieties of horticultural crops is fundamental to increasing farmer productivity and incomes.
Providing smallholder farmers access to high-quality seeds of improved varieties of horticultural crops is fundamental to increasing productivity and incomes.
As the managing director of Rhino Research, Johan Van Asbrouck has also worked as a collaborator and as a principal investigator on Horticulture Innovation Lab projects related to seed dr
Kent Bradford is a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences and also serves as the director of the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center and the associate director of the U
