Nibbles: Corn diseases, German potato collection, Vietnam rice trials, Endophyte strain, Fish nutrition, Himalayan pea, Subversive seeds

  1. The US needs better maize.
  2. German genebank looks for the best potatoes.
  3. Vietnam looks for better rice in IRRI’s genebank.
  4. New Zealand markets an endophyte for better grass performance.
  5. Some Timor-Leste fish are better than others.
  6. The Himalayas have a better pea. Of some kind.
  7. How’s that for subversive cataloguing?

Brainfood: Core collections of…durum, deulkkae, barnyard millet, durian, sesame, flax, Fendler’s horsenettle, jute mallow, barley

Nibbles: USDA Pullman genebank, Another Indonesian genebank, Somali community seedbank, Garlic moves genebanks, Enset conservation, Opportunity crop genebanks

  1. A primer on the USDA genebank in Pullman.
  2. Possible genebank in Indonesia. I could have sworn there was one already.
  3. Community genebank in Somalia. Surely not the only one.
  4. Garlic moves between genebanks. I’m sure there’s a reason.
  5. New enset products and processing methods are great, but is there a comprehensive genebank? I wish I could be sure.
  6. That goes for other “opportunity crops” and “forgotten foods” too.

Brainfood: Defining domestication, Pig domestication, Archaeological orphan crops, Levant Neolithic causes, Altiplano agricultural origins, Irish cattle, Islamic Green Revolution, Ancient fish DNA, Ancient Chinese rice

Brainfood: Agroforestry, Afro-descendant conservation, Opportunity crops, Off-farm income, Phureja conservation, European taro, Argania products, Honeybee intensification, Mycorrhizal hotspots