• S4 E6 Plant Breeding Stories - Ksenija Gasic

  • Feb 16 2022
  • Length: 35 mins
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S4 E6 Plant Breeding Stories - Ksenija Gasic

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  • Dr Ksenija Gasic, Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University, is on a quest to deliver improved peach varieties to the U.S. market. In this episode of the Plant Breeding Stories podcast, Ksenija takes us back to her childhood in Serbia, where time spent in her family’s gardens sparked an early interest in plants and agriculture. She shares her experiences completing a postgraduate program during the Balkan conflicts of the early 1990s and how even this adversity had some benefits for her work! We discover why it takes up to 20 years to develop a new peach cultivar, learn about the one-gene difference between a peach and nectarine, and how opportunities in genetic resources led the international exposure which ultimately resulted in Ksenija moving to the USA. Transcripts of this and all our podcasts can be found at www.PBSInternational.com/podcast
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