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    Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics ProgramsSharePrint Friendly Email Twitter Facebook
    
    NIFA supports the latest plant breeding, genetics, and genomics research to ensure that U.S. agriculture is prepared to meet the grand challenges facing the world. Innovation in agricultural production is key to producing more food with less impact on the environment.

  Agriculture of the future will be enabled by genome design, innovative breeding methods, data analysis, and knowledge of molecular and biological processes. Breeding crops for the future will require new traits, breeding platforms built for quick transfer of traits to elite cultivars, coordination of breeding efforts in public and private domains, and training for current and future plant breeders and researchersThe Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics Program portfolio is responsive to stakeholder needs for increased productivity by providing agricultural plants with higher inherent genetic potential. The intention of NIFA’s Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics efforts is to improve the production efficiency, yield, sustainability, resilience, healthfulness, product quality, and value of U.S. agricultural plants.  Click here for further information on Plant Breeding Research at USDA.Funded ProjectsPlant Breeding for Agricultural Production (A1141)Conventional Plant Breeding for Cultivar Development (A1143)Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI)Physiology of Agricultural Plants (A1152)Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (113.A)Foundational Knowledge of Plant Products (A1103)Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS) (A1541)Agricultural Innovation through Gene Editing (A1191)Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program (HX)Canola Research (HW)Potato Research (AN)Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System Program (AFRP)Economic and Social Implications of Food and Agricultural Technologies (A1642)Program Specific ResourcesAgriculture and Food Research Initiative ProgramsAgricultural Genome to Phenome InitiativeSpecialty Crop Research InitiativeOrganic ProgramsBiotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants ProgramAlfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage System ProgramPotato ResearchSupplemental and Alternative CropsNewsSensing What Plants Sense: Integrated Framework Helps Scientists Explain Biology and Predict Crop PerformanceSecuring Plant Genebank Collections and Providing Educational Resources for Training OpportunitiesScientists Make Wheat Gene DiscoveryResearch to Develop Cranberry Cultivars with Less Added SugarDelicious and Disease-free: Scientists Attempting New Citrus VarietiesDrought Tolerant Peanut BreedingNewly Discovered Trait Helps Plants Grow Deeper Roots in Dry, Compacted SoilsDecline in Plant Breeding Programs Could Impact Food SecurityUnder the Hood: How Environment and Genomes Interact in Plant DevelopmentHighlightsDevelopment and Optimization of a *Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus*- Mediated Gene Editing System to Improve Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in WheatMetabolomic Selection for Enhanced Fruit FlavorOklahoma Team Discovers a Wheat Gene that Increases Grain YieldDevelopment of a Practical Haplotype Graph for WheatMultistate W3150: Breeding Better BeansBig Data Driven AgricultureA Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America's Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized PlantsTraining in Plant Genetic Resources Management: A Way ForwardBreeding Crops for Enhanced Food SafetyRelated Funding OpportunitiesAgricultural Genome to Phenome InitiativeAgriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science ProgramSupplemental and Alternative Crops (SAC)Potato Breeding ResearchAgriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce DevelopmentOther Useful LinksMultistate Projects - National Information Management and Support SystemNational Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee (NPGCC)USDA’s Plant Breeding Research Resources and Roadmap

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    AG2PI Fact Sheet 2022.pdf (pdf - 162.24 KB)
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