- Yucca flowers not at all yucky to eat.
- Dept of Schadenfreude: First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops.
- “I’ve often thought about this return to local knowledge and food in India.” Had no idea there had been a move away from local food in India.
- Biological collections porn.
- Breeders’ wish list published.
- First GM bananas harvested. Do they make good beer?
- How to do Geographical Extrapolation Domain Analysis. Off you go now.
Fresh Nibbles
Nibbles: Yucca, Biofuels, Indian food, Museum collections, Priority traits, GM bananas, Geographic targetting
Yams in New Caledonia
Danny has just sent me this great old postcard from New Caledonia: “Preparations for a family celebration.” You can see how central yams are to Kanak culture. In 2004 the Kanak Traditional Senate established a Conservatoire de l’Igname. I never visited it, but I saw photos of it when a couple of the people responsible, including a senator, came to our regional plant genetic resources network meeting in Fiji a couple of years ago, and it looked great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have much of an online presence. Yet.
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