Plant Breeding for Pest Tolerance

Pacific Ag maintains an active plant genetics evaluation program that tests thousands of seedlings every year for tolerance to crop pests, adaptability to new environmental conditions, and overall productivity and crop quality.

	Organic and alternative farms everywhere seek plant varieties that are resistant to pests. These varieties are difficult to find and even harder to develop in a breeding program. Seed companies, grower groups, and individual breeders entrust our technicians to grow their cultivars selections at our secure field facilities.
Pacific Ag also has an active strawberry breeding program that seeks to develop cultivars resistant to soil borne diseases, which would allow growers to avoid soil fumigation requirements.