Nibbles: Garlic history, Collecting, GMO course, Rice genebank, Mango diversity, Chilli diversity, Virtual plant breeding, Navel orange, LA tree, Cotton sustainability, Saudi agritourism

Trying to promote a “poor person’s crop”? Try the garlic trick, ennobling.
A Reference Manual for Expedition Plant Collectors, courtesy of the The Arnold Arboretum.
Cornell runs a MOOC on GMOs. How about one on genebanks, eh?
Maharashtra could maybe use it.
You can never have too many mangoes.
Or dried chillies.
Next generation plant breeding.
Riverside protects its famous citrus tree.
But not all famous California trees are so lucky.
Making cotton sustainable. Hard row to hoe.
Saudi farm tourism. Even harder.

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