- Chromosomes can hop from one pathogenic fungus to another. Probably not a good thing.
- Dogs originated in the Middle East after all. Decide, already, will ya?
- IUCN also has a Protected Area of the Day. Genebank of the day, anyone?
- Problems with bananas in Uganda surprisingly mainly abiotic. Live and learn.
- Vaviblog celebrates Gary Nabhan’s birthday. Kinda. Which is also St Patrick’s Day? How cool is that?
- Report on Haiti’s seed security. Needs digesting.
Fresh Nibbles
Nibbles: Fungi, Dogs, Protected areas, Banana, Ethiopia, Haiti
Nibbles: Amman again, DNA hype, Blight-resistant spuds, Seeds, Sorghum, Brassicas, UK Food Security
- Crop Genebank’s Knowledge Base enjoys an outing in Amman.
- Great Headlines of our Time: Researchers fight world hunger by mapping the soybean genome.
- Blight-resistant potatoes from Hungary to the UK.
- Danish Seed Savers 2010 list available.
- “We want to make sorghum to be even better than maize,” says Kenyan gene jockey. Why?
- “The dog is the brassica of the vertebrate world.” Jeremy says: “Never met one I didn’t like … cooked right.”
- James sprouts off on brassicas too.
- New UK approach to food security: apples.
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