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Category: Nibbles

Little bits of link goodness not worth a whole post

Posted on June 7, 2007June 7, 2007

Sheep weed vineyards

A novel use for highly trained sheep: weeding vineyards.

Posted on June 6, 2007

Documenting field data

From LEISA, methodologies and experiences in documenting field data.

Posted on June 6, 2007

Maple syrup forever

Never mind about peanuts and potatoes, maple syrup trees are even more threatened by climate change.

Posted on June 5, 2007June 5, 2007

How rhizobia work

Another attempt to persuade non-leguminous plants to enter into a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with rhizobia.

Posted on June 5, 2007June 5, 2007

Orange cauliflower gene

The gene for orange cauliflowers promotes storage, not manufacture, of carotenes. A new approach to enhancing nutrition?

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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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