Nibbles

Nibbles: Quinoa, Domestication, Wine, Ants & termites, Pavlovsk

“On the contrary, ‘doesn’t come true from seed’ is another way of saying ‘has lots of exciting diversity’.” Rebsie rounds up her tomatoes.
Domestication of African rice explored at the Vaviblog.
Entebbe Botanical Gardens has a genebank. That’s all I know.
Roland continues to dream of a South Sea genebank paradise; one island, one coconut variety.
“Cary Fowler explains the vital importance of crop wild relatives to address the future challenges to agriculture,” it says at the Trust website.
Let them eat bread. Foreign Affairs on food riots. h/t Rachel, who has some interesting things to say on the subject.
Fascinating behind the scenes insights into Economic Botany collections at Kew and elsewhere.

To a hammer, everything is a nail; Decanter magazine bemoans loss of sake breweries in Japan.
One door closes, another one opens; “price winning” Croatian wines.
Why go to Kew when you can tour with Google streetview?
Slideshow on genebanks and climate change adaptation in Ethiopia. Wish I could hear the words.
Canadians! Your heritage crops and breeds need you.
How best to dry banana slices in Ethiopia.

Ecological intensification: some new science to use.
Tetraploid turnip tolerates salt.
The Scientist Gardener does colourful pepper (mostly) breeding.
“Envy holds back agricultural development.” Say wha?
IFPRI sells what it is up to on Policies and Nutrition.
Cleome gynandra is a C4 plant with wonderful adaptations; I bet the people eating it don’t know that.
IRRI impresses UK diplomat, especially the genebank.