Nibbles: Banana futures, Strawberry breeding, Maize & climate change
Latest on the banana going extinct. Latest on the UC Davis strawberry breeding saga. Latest on how to explain what’s happened to maize yields in the Midwest.
Victory declared in Strawberry Wars
A federal jury has ruled in favor of the University of California in its lawsuit with two former UC Davis strawberry breeders and the private breeding company they created with UC-owned plants. A separate jury is expected to decide issues related to damages at a later time. About time. It’s been quite a ride.
Strawberry Wars forever
You know how the strawberry breeders who left the UC Davis programme a couple of years ago and set up a private company sued the university for access to the material they developed? Well, it turns out the university is now counter-suing them. I like this bit especially from the SFGate piece which brings us …
Will the Strawberry Wars never end?
When we last checked on the cut-throat world of Californian strawberries in 2014, the Strawberry Commission, a grower’s association, was suing UC Davis for control of the content of the university’s vaunted breeding programme. The whole thing was precipitated, you’ll remember, by the breeders involved wanting to move on, and take their material with them. …
Nibbles: Avocado rising, Cynobiofuel, Ginseng in situ, MGIS, Strawberry breeding, Maca biopiracy, Certification
The avocado was once quinoa. Cyanobacterium found in an algal collection at the University of Texas in Austin will save us all. You need the cops on your side if you want to save American ginseng. Banana genetic resources get a new website. Peace breaks out in UC Davis strawberry dispute. How did maca get …