Tom Wagner on Tomato Genetics and Hairy Potatoes

November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Friends and Foes, Oxford Get-Together, Tom Wagner Videos 

Tomato Genetics

Here’s a video of Tom explaining basic tomato genetics, as well as giving ideas on how people could use some of his varieties and crosses to teach themselves and others about plant breeding. Tom offers some of his ideas for creating a publicly available collection of tomato genetic resources, as well as some research people could do if they wanted to help him collect more information.

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Hairy Potatoes

In this video Tom explains the genetics behind hairy potatoes, and talks about King Hairy or was that King Harry…

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4 Responses to “Tom Wagner on Tomato Genetics and Hairy Potatoes”

  1. Mike on November 2nd, 2009 15:37

    Excellent videos! I really enjoyed listening to all of them. I inadvertently grew a Schimmeig Stoo that I later found out was developed by Tom Wagner this year…what a great tomato. I found the info. on Solanum berthaultii (King Harry) very interesting. Thanks for sharing this information.

  2. Søren on November 2nd, 2009 20:10

    Great that you are sharing these videos with Tom Wagner. He expands my understanding of breeding vegetables, and the way he explain these things comes so natural, based on his long practice.

  3. Patrick on November 3rd, 2009 22:38

    Hi Mike and Søren, thanks for the nice comments. A few more videos are coming up later this week.

  4. Lieven on November 5th, 2009 12:14

    Grrrreat! Thanks for sharing Tom with everyone :-) He’s a huge library of very practical knowledge & a warm person too.

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