- Molecular approaches to seed quality.
- CIAT answers the perennial question: how is Svalbard like a hard disk?
- Speaking of which, Svalbard is now the “world’s most diverse collection of crop diversity“. Er …?
- But … “Despite the rapid progress, Fowler said the bank still has significant holes in its collection“.
- Survival Seed Bank smackdown!
- Global pollinator declines: a review of a review.
Nibbles: Breeds, Briefing, Risotto
- Breeds of Livestock. All of ’em?
- Happening now! Brussels Briefing on Biodiversity. Wot, no stream?
- The first rice farm in Italy? C’mon.
Nibbles: Home Gardens, Seed saving, Apomixis
- Home gardens in Oaxaca, Mexico, conserve diversity and improve resilience. Good to know.
- Seed saving symposium to take place in Hawaii, April 17-18. Good to know.
- Apomixis for plant breeding a step closer in experimental systems. Good to know?
Nibbles: Genebank, Sorghum, Bamboo
- New genebank! For microbes!! In Gujarat!!!
- Why the sorghum genome is hot.
- Bamboo and the Hmong and bamboo. PAR has a Word document.
Nibbles: Neglected species, Diversity 4 Life, Rice, Databases
- What makes a species “underutilized”? Your chance to tell FAO and Bioversity International
- Global awareness of biodiversity campaign in the Philippines.
- Staying in the Philippines, drought imperils rice terraces.
- Database builders: read this and weep.