- Mapping the Genetic Diversity of Castanea sativa: Exploiting Spatial Analysis for Biogeography and Conservation Studies. Mapping genetic data is both fun and instructive.
- Effects of farmer social status and plant biocultural value on seed circulation networks in Vanuatu. Big Men control Important Plants.
- Diagnostics of Seed-Borne Plant Pathogens for Safe Introduction and Healthy Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. Genebanks need seed health labs.
- Characterization of Disease Resistance Loci in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection using Genome-wide Associations. Phenotypic data in GRIN meets SNP data, hilarity ensues.
- The global expansion of quinoa: trends and limits. From 8 to 75 countries in 35 years. But need new arrangements for access and benefit sharing for genetic resources.
- Evaluation of Vegetative Growth, Yield and Quality Related Traits in Taro (Colocasia esculenta [L.] Schott). A lot of the characters you want to improve are strongly heritable.
About quinoa expansion, you can read these following papers:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00850
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00608
But also these documents:
State of the art report on quinoa around the world in 2013 (FAO/CIRAD)
Edited by Bazile, D., Bertero, D. & Nieto, C.
and
Le quinoa, les enjeux d’une conquête (QUAE)
by Bazile, D.