Nibbles: Johnny Appleseed, ICRAF genebanks, China lychee genebank, Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Saudi tree genebanks, European genebank data, Pricing nature

  1. Johnny Appleseed basically set up fruit tree genebanks 200 years ago.
  2. Modern fruit tree genebanks could probably learn something from Mr Appleseed.
  3. Is there a Mr Lycheeseed, I wonder?
  4. There are probably some fruit tree collections at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.
  5. Saudi Arabia is betting on tree genebanks. Maybe even fruit tree genebanks.
  6. All genebanks need to share their data, according to the guy in charge of helping European genebanks share their data.
  7. Can you put a value on genebanks? Should you?

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