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Author: Luigi Guarino

Posted on November 20, 2007

New, bigger ancho pepper

Size is important, at least in peppers.

Posted on November 19, 2007November 19, 2007

Many trees grow in Brooklyn

Crop wild relatives etc. in Prospect Park. Betty Smith unavailable for comment.

Posted on November 19, 2007

Elephants don’t like it hot

Paris Hilton, then hot peppers. Indian elephants can’t catch a break.

Posted on November 19, 2007November 19, 2007

Teaching conservation

School play: biotech for agrobiodiversity conservation. Brecht unavailable for comment.

Posted on November 19, 2007

Chimp food gathering behaviour studied

Chimps dig tubers. In both senses.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. The Lebanese and Syrian genebanks in the news. For good reasons, for now at least.
    2. Wild American apples should be more in the news. And probably more in genebanks.
    3. Community seed banks could be good news in fragile states.
    4. Good news for India’s banana diversity. Yes, it now has a genebank!
    5. All those genebanks need breeders, like Mina Nešić.
    6. Genebanks are nice of course, but it’s even better news when the agrobiodiversity gets out and about.

    Published on May 6, 2026

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