- 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.
Nibbles: Seed morgues, African foods, GenRes, Agroecology, FarmGeek, ICRISAT
- In Praise of Seed Morgues. You heard me. Webinar next week: sounds like a doozy.
- Plan of Action on Forgotten Foods. Another webinar next week.
- Walk into the Gateway. The GenRes Gateway, that is, “a crowd-sourced platform to guide you through the landscape of forest, plant and animal genetic resources in Europe.” A third webinar. Looks like I’ll be busy next week.
- Maybe I’ll read about how to evaluate agroecology in the meantime.
- Agroecology is not on FarmGeek, but other interventions are, like GMOs and “genetic diversity” (ie cultivar mixtures) and you can explore how effective they are around the world.
- Speaking of genetic diversity, there’s a lot of it in ICRISAT’s pearl millet fields at the moment, though not in cultivar mixtures. And breeders are having a busy week of it.