Charlie Brummer

The author is a professor and director of the Center for Plant Breeding, University of California-Davis.

The alfalfa yield gap: What’s holding us back?
Alfalfa

March 15, 2018
On-farm alfalfa hay yields as reported by the USDA have been flat for the past 20 to 30 years, whether considered nationally or in the major alfalfa growing states...
The quest toward higher yielding alfalfa
Alfalfa

Jan. 26, 2017
BY Charlie Brummer
Plant breeders have been very successful at improving the yield of corn, soybeans, and most other crops...