Nibbles: CBD, NPGS, Greek celery, Rodomiro Ortiz interview, Amazonian fruits, In vitro, Maize archaeology, Asian seed companies, Victorian root

Courtesy of Bioversity, useful summary of agricultural biodiversity events at the CBD COP, starting in a few days.
The USDA National Plant Germplasm System, justified.
The ancient symbolism of celery. Spoiler alert: death.
A breeding professor calls for a major change in breeding. Spoiler alert: productivity is not enough.
What’s the next açaí? And will it save the Amazon?
Saving threatened species. Spoiler alert: seeds are not enough.
9000 years of maize history, decoded.
The Access to Seeds Index 2019 report for South and Southeast Asia is out. Spoiler alert: I feel a guest post coming on.
UK supermarket to stock salsify.