How Luther Burbank Created Hundreds of New Plants | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

In this segment of The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation, Mo Rocca meets with Curator of Agriculture and the Environment Debra Reid, to learn more about the Luther Burbank story.
Luther Burbank overcame nature’s limitations to create more than 800 plants the world had never seen.
Burbank experimented with plant reproduction to change the traits of plants. Through the power of observation, Burbank overcame the limits of nature to create new varieties of plants.
Luther Burbank used methods like selective breeding, cross-pollination, and hybridization in his experiments. In one famous example, he crossed a plum and an apricot to create a brand-new fruit: the plumcot. In another, he created a cactus with no spikes. But perhaps his most famous and impactful experiment resulted in the Russet Burbank potato, more commonly known as the Idaho potato.
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[@ashwinb1406]

He was a very genius

[@lucky-zv7oj]

a very genius

[@giantred]

Aside from the eugenics he was an admirable guy

[@bryonsmith4384]

Is there someone who doesn't know Luther Burbank? Surely not.

[@victorhopper6774]

luther was why we won the cold war.

[@bobthegamer1880]

Really! How so?

[@victorhopper6774]

@@bobthegamer1880 simple, his creation of the business model of improving plants through genetics freed up millions of americans to do other stuff instead of farming. of course now over a hundred years later we take that for granted.