- Researchers manipulate biodiversity to reduce the amount of alcohol in wine. For some reason.
- Promoting the cultivation of traditional Asian vegetables in the US. That’s more like it.
- Reproducing ancient malting. Now you’re talking.
- Giving African yam bean a helping hand. Faith in researchers duly restored.
Nibbles: Cryo genebanks, In situ network, Biodiversity fund, Swiss grape, Coffee history, Wild plant use, Plant breeding impact
- Panel discussion on cryopreservation in genebanks on 25 June, save the date!
- Forget cryo, what about a network of European network for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources, in cultivation and in the wild? See who is interested. And express interest yourself.
- Germans launch Legacy Landscape Fund for biodiversity hotspots. European in situ PGR conservation network unavailable for comment. Let alone cryo genebanks.
- I wonder if that European on-farm conservation network will include the Completer grape, ideally in a monastery.
- Decolonizing coffee. Somebody want to write about religion and crops?
- Using wild plants in south and southeast Asia. Maybe they need a network too.
- Plant breeders say plant breeding is really important.
Nibbles: Western grapes, Mapping pastoralists, Difficult species
- Grafting the Grape Virtual Lecture Series: Missouri Vines and Wines: Then and Now. Wait, that’s today!
- Mapping for Pastoralists, On-line Seminar. Phew, it’s next week.
- APPS Special Issue Call for Papers: “Meeting the Challenge of Exceptional Plant Conservation: Technologies and Approaches.” Relax, you have until June. Wait…
Nibbles: Social science, Berry call, Oz bank, Prior art
- 5 suggestions for scientists on social: see & be seen, select & specialize, serve, socialize, strategize.
- Open call to berry breeders.
- Another genebank for Australia makes a splash.
- How to avoid a repeat of the whole Enola bean story.