Nibbles

Nibbles: Potato, Research, Tobacco, Bees squared, Seed diversity, Declaration

“The Jersey Royal is the only potato that enjoys protected designation of origin…”
Agricultural research not enough?
Wild crop relative switches pollinator to escape nasty caterpillars.
Bushmeat hunters become beekeepers.
And here’s why beekeeping is such a good thing.
Diversity deemed a good thing, even for crazed monoculturists.
‘Keep biodiversity or face hunger’. Yet another Chennai Declaration.

Nagib Nassar challenges the wisdom of GM cassava. Cultivate indigenous and wild varieties of the crop!
Or fonio (Digitaria exilis). New paper on its diversity.
And for dessert? Wild apple diversity?
Need salad? How about Salicornia then?
Nice aurochs steak to go with the salad?
Not too soon to start planning a future harvest, if you’re in Ireland and want seeds.

US, Brazil patent gene from Tanzanian sorghum. What could possibly go wrong?
How much is wheat diversity worth? CIMMYT book tells you.
More corn colour stuff from James.
The promise of perenniality.
Mango killer fungus on the rampage in the Gulf. Any resistant varieties? We’ll soon find out, I guess.

“The mysterious extract soon worked its neurotransmitter magic. We gazed enraptured into each others now-blazing eyes, and fell madly in love.”
Identifying Darwin’s gourd. Both via.
When are genetic methods useful for estimating contemporary abundance and detecting population trends?
CGIAR going to evaluate the impact of their varieties. Again.

Rebuilding Haiti’s agriculture on the back of diverse tissue-cultured banana plantlets.
Rhizowen’s hidden talets. And no, that’s not a misprint.
“The age long drink, also known as BKT, serves as a source of alcohol for those who lack the financial means to patronise refined brew like beer and other foreign or imported drinks.” Count me in.
Citrus diversity — is the genetic blueprint the only way to enjoy it?
The collapse of wild-caught fish. In brief.