Charlie Brummer

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

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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
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The quest toward higher yielding alfalfa
Alfalfa
Jan. 26 2017 Plant breeders have been very successful at improving the yield of corn, soybeans, and most other crops