A Breakthrough in Sweet Basil: Rutgers Secures Patent for Downy Mildew Resistance Exciting news for anyone who enjoys sweet basil: Our team at Rutgers University has achieved a major milestone … Read More
A Look Back on Our USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative Grant: “Investigating the genetic basis of downy mildew and bacterial leaf spot resistance in basil (Ocimum spp.) using advanced genomic … Read More
The Rutgers basil team is excited to announce that it has sequenced the first pseudo-chromosome level reference genome for basil using the Ocimum basilicum ‘RUSB22’. This cultivar was selected due to … Read More