Nibbles: Genomes galore: beans, sheep, citrus, Breeding from “weeds”, Talks, Old wheat, Adaptation, Popped sorghum, Managing BXW

Can’t move for genomes today.

• First off, Phaseolus vulgaris.
• Next up, sheep: one genome, three stories:
• Wool.
• Not goats.
• Rumination.
• And citrus diversity: “Citrus has incestuous genes. Nothing is pure.”

But there is other stuff too.

• How weeds could feed billions. Not by eating them but by breeding from them. Are crop wild relatives really all weeds?
• TED talks on biodiversity. I suppose we should be grateful for 1.5 out of 30.
• A New York baker has been exploring tumminia wheat. Without telling us.
• Adaptation to climate change hardly worth it, according to econ 101.
• So you want to make your own popped sorghum? All you need is a microwave and a paper bag.
• ProMusa reports on an easier and better way for banana farmers to manage Xanthomonas wilt.