Nibbles: Access to Seeds, Bunch of meetings, CGIAR on the job, Smartt obit, Soybean mysteries, Apple grafting, FAO food security report

4 Replies to “Nibbles: Access to Seeds, Bunch of meetings, CGIAR on the job, Smartt obit, Soybean mysteries, Apple grafting, FAO food security report”

  1. I would have liked to make the Smartt obituary open access – I’m afraid I couldn’t pay USD3,000 publication fee!

    1. It’s yours in the form you submitted it to the journal. You are completely free to make a PDF of the Word file (or whatever) available, if you want. Heck, we’ll even host it here for you.

  2. That’s an interesting point you make Jeremy. Yes, I have the word file, etc. But in order to publish this obituary behind the pay-wall (because I couldn’t afford the outrageous Springer fee) I had to assign the copyright to Springer. Open Access is only ‘so open’.

    So, are you on sound IPR grounds re. the Word file I have? Comments anyone?

  3. Mysteries in soybeans
    The Fiskeby variety is explained in http://www.soyinfocenter.com/HSS/europe5.php
    It was bred by Sven A. Holmberg from 1940 onwards from samples collected by him in Hokkaido in Japan (43 degrees North) for Fiskeby in Sweden (58 degrees 30 minutes North). Holmberg also got the first day-length neutral variety.
    Why should we worry about global warming when a single breeder can adapt a variety to grow half a world away and 1500 km further north than its comfort zone?
    In 1913 the UK exported 3,250 tonnes home grown soy oil.

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