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January 14, 2019

PAGXXVII in the air

The self-styled “Largest Ag-Genomics Meeting in the World” is on again. It’s not really my thing, but I don’t mind following the proceedings at a distance: the hashtag is #PAGXXVII. I particularly recommend Zoë Migicovsky’s live-tweeting, but there are others who are doing a fine job too.

Top #PAGXXVII Tweeters:
1 @pop_gen_JED 155
2 @zoemig 113
3 @JChrisPires 109
4 @Campbell_JD_PhD 68
5 @So_it_flows 49
6 @khanmather 48
7 @isugif 43
8 @mossMatters 42
9 @TroyNRowan 40
10 @JasonWilliamsNY 38

— Jared Decker (@pop_gen_JED) January 14, 2019

January 12, 2019January 14, 2019

Genebanks on social media

Are you interested in genebanks? In particular, the international genebanks of CGIAR? If so, you probably already know about their webpage. And you’ve no doubt signed up for their newsletter. But do you know about their Facebook group? “Like” it, you’ll like it.

January 12, 2019January 17, 2019

Nibbles: Magic beans et al., Avocado etymology, Honey please, Pig maps, Banana pics, Commons, Diet footprint, Sparing/sharing, Old caviar, Old whiskey, Potato wild relatives, Cassava breeding, Apple double, Ancient potatoes, Ancient grapes, African cooking, Native American craft beer, Agricultural heritage site, Aboriginal biodiversity, Svalbard 10th, Alpaca calendar.

Telegraph op-ed on agricultural biodiversity. Yeah, you read that right.
No, avocado does not come from the Aztec’s word for testicles. It’s the other way around.
Why honey is a keeper.
Mapping the hell out of pigs.
Photo database to help tell bananas apart.
Deconstructing the Tragedy of the Commons.
The C footprint of your diet.
“We can spare 50 percent and share the rest.”
Cave man caviar.
Whiskey with that?
Potato wild relatives and food security.
Cassava and food security. No word on its wild relatives.
Wales finds a new apple.
Maybe someone will take a cool picture of it.
Potatoes were always for the masses. Ok, but not sure anyone ever thought otherwise, though.
Grapes, on the other hand…
The cuisines of Africa get their shot.
Some of those will go well with craft beer.
Agricultural heritage list gets saffron and argan. Bet they go together well.
Maybe wild kiang tea will get there too someday.
Or the Aboriginal Australians. Not really agriculturalists, but still.
Is this alpaca exploitation? Maybe you can take the promotion of agricultural biodiversity too far.
Will the Svalbard Global Seed Vault qualify one day? Ten years on, still going strong. And return to top.