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Nibbles: Patents, Wheat value, Maize, Perennial crops, Mango killer

US, Brazil patent gene from Tanzanian sorghum. What could possibly go wrong?
How much is wheat diversity worth? CIMMYT book tells you.
More corn colour stuff from James.
The promise of perenniality.
Mango killer fungus on the rampage in the Gulf. Any resistant varieties? We’ll soon find out, I guess.

“The mysterious extract soon worked its neurotransmitter magic. We gazed enraptured into each others now-blazing eyes, and fell madly in love.”
Identifying Darwin’s gourd. Both via.
When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends?
CGIAR going to evaluate the impact of their varieties. Again.

Farmer? Know your rights.
If you like long unexpurgated interviews, you like this one with organic breeder John Navazio. h/t Bishop.
Cropgenebankknowledgebase’s blog seeks feedback. Let ’em have it.
What is Crop Genebank Knowledge Base? A presentation reveals all.
ICRISAT set to release three new hybrid pigeon pea varieties.
“Cheese has an almost limitless variety. Thank goodness.“

We did it here first, I think, but Edible Geography has definitely done it better.

Did you know the Encyclopedia of Life does crop wild relatives?
Smallholders with mixed crop and livestock systems are the key to it all. My mother-in-law says: I agree.
Deforestation is bad for the health.
2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership launches National Biodiversity Indicators Portal.
Aussies trial a new, secret orange spud. Yeah I can really see that being a huge success.
The McItaly kerfuffle rumbles on. Much like your stomach after you’ve eaten one.
The “rewilding” kerfuffle rumbles on. Much like those herds of wildebeest roaming majestically across the Great Plains.
Rewilding an ancient pre-Hispanic drink. Ooops, I guess that should be reviving.