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SLNRao regrets the mistakes of the past, but sees a bright future ahead for grasspea, and its relatives:

Looking at the likely benefits of Homoarginine on the cardiovasculature and emerging concepts on ODAP itself I am of the firm belief that grass pea in coming years will turn into a rich man’s pulse.

Clare Trivedi reassures Dave Wood on Kew’s ABS policy:

I know it may be a little buried in the Kew website but we have a very well-established Policy on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing which covers all aspects of acquisition, use and supply of plant material.

And to avoid you digging around for it, Dave, here it is.

David Williams remembers Ed Percival:

Ed’s father was working for the United Fruit Company in Guatemala where he met and married Ed’s mother, a Guatemalan. Ed was born at the United Fruit Company hospital in Quiriguá, an archaeological site on the Rio Motagua, famous for its incomparable array of Mayan stelae, one of which is featured on the country’s 10 centavo coin.

There’s more, check it out.

This is just a teaser, the start of a long and interesting comment on grasspea from Fernand Lambein, a Belgian scientist.

I respect the authors for trying to put new live into Lathyrus sativus research and for questioning why two generations of efforts did not result in what has been achieved in other crops.

Don’t just take our word for it. Read the whole thing, and be amazed at how useful grasspea can really be.

We don’t get many comments on Nibbles, but the book Diane Ragone points to is definitely worth noting.

Check out Angela Kepler & Frank Rust’s new book “The World of Bananas in Hawaii: Then and Now”.