Dr. Cameron Peace checks block of seedlings resulting from the intercrossing of parents that have been used in WSU’s breeding program. Tree fruit geneticist Dr. Cameron Peace is planting 2,500 trees in Wenatchee, Washington, that he expects will play a role in the development of superior apple varieties. The 4.5-acre apple long-term germ plasm block he is planting at Washington State University’s Sunrise Research Orchard between Wenatchee and Quincy is part of an effort to widen the gene pool available to WSU’s apple breeder, Dr. Kate Evans, and develop strategies for efficient application of DNA information into crop improvement to […]