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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on November 29, 2007

Is it aronia or sarcasm?

Aronia berries set to take off. In Iowa. Maybe.

Posted on November 29, 2007

Unconventional wine-making

Grapes? We don’t need no stinkin’ grapes. To make wine, that is.

Posted on November 28, 2007

Bringing back a wild relative

Aurochsen. Tarpans. Nazis. Wait, Nazis?

Posted on November 28, 2007

Hittite plague explained

Hittites “used infected sheep as biological weapon.”

Posted on November 28, 2007

Record-breaking white truffle

A 1.5 kg white truffle has been unearthed  near San Miniato. It is a contender for world’s largest truffle ever.

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Fresh Nibbles

    1. Johnny Appleseed basically set up fruit tree genebanks 200 years ago.
    2. Modern fruit tree genebanks could probably learn something from Mr Appleseed.
    3. Is there a Mr Lycheeseed, I wonder?
    4. There are probably some fruit tree collections at the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute.
    5. Saudi Arabia is betting on tree genebanks. Maybe even fruit tree genebanks.
    6. All genebanks need to share their data, according to the guy in charge of helping European genebanks share their data.
    7. Can you put a value on genebanks? Should you?

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