Four New Rutgers Sweet Basil Varieties Are Available to Home Gardeners (Rutgers Today, 2019)
‘These plants are vigorous. You can cut and harvest the leaves many times over many months. They were developed and bred using traditional breeding, including the crossbreeding of thousands of plants. These varieties are not GMO. There’s no genetic engineering at all – just-good old-fashioned creative plant breeding.’ – James E. Simon
Photo: Rutgers Obsession DMR sweet basil, which is highly resistant to downy mildew disease. Photo credit: Andy Wyenandt/Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Breeding for Basil Downy Mildew Resistance (Plant & Pest Advisory, 2013)
- What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Basil Battle – New Cultivars on the Horizon to Beat Downy Mildew (SEBS & NJAES Newsroom, 2015)
- Rutgers Scientists Develop New Varieties of Sweet Basil (Rutgers Today, 2018)
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