- Natural and human-mediated selection in a landrace of Thai rice (Oryza sativa). There is selection, but that’s counteracted by exchange and diverse agronomic practices. The result is diversity, but structured.
- Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Environmental Labelling to Promote Biodiversity: The Case of Agroforestry Coffee in India. Adding value locally is the only way to stop a really lucrative cash crop destroying the forest.
- Characterization of dairy cattle germplasm used in Mexico with national genetic evaluations in importing and exporting countries. Bringing in diversity from another country is not always the best approach.
- Phenotypic characterization of the Miami World Collection of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) and related grasses for selecting a representative core. 300 accessions will do. That’s a bit more than 10% of the total.
- Genetic variation of salinity tolerance in Chinese natural bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) germplasm resources. There is some. Good for all those golf courses.
- The sustainable development of grassland-livestock systems on the Tibetan Plateau: problems, strategies and prospects. There are 19 things to do, and genetic resources are important across the board.
- Status and prospects of oil palm in the Brazilian Amazon. On already deforested land, for biofuel. What could possibly go wrong?
- Bee Species Diversity Enhances Productivity and Stability in a Perennial Crop. That would be the highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). Can we take this for granted now?
Thai rice paper – from the Abstract: “A strong positive correlation was found between genetic diversity and the percentage of gall midge infestation”. Does this mean what it says? Anybody got the full paper?
Dave, the paper is open access, so you should be able to download it without problems. I’ve got it now, if you need it.
Eve:
The paper doesn’t appear to be open access (at least not from my address as of 9 July).
I can ask the corresponding author for a copy. But I’m curious if the access status changed.
Hmm. That’s odd. It looks as if the status did change. Well, I’m sure Barbara Schaal would send it. Or, since I downloaded it while it was open, write me at my email, which is my last name (it doesn’t have a C in it) @wisc.edu .
Eve: Thanks – I’ll ask Barbara Schaal.