Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Yes, it’s out. India’s NBAP is online. Unfortunately, the pdf cannot be searched, for some reason, but a quick skim reveals that it does include significant consideration of agricultural biodiversity issues. For example, there’s a discussion of the role of the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) in ex situ conservation of crop genetic …
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As a contribution to the ongoing discussion of genebank database hell, we’re pleased to provide a platform for Michael Mackay, the person responsible for the bioinformatics projects at Bioversity International. At least until he gets a platform of his own … Many thanks to Dirk van Enneking (and others) for providing some constructive input into …
Bioversity’s Michael Mackay was recently interviewed on Radio Australia about plans to lead us all out of genebank database hell. Good luck to him!
Jacob dropped me a line saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel, a roadmap out of genebank database hell. He’s right, of course. What they’re doing at IRRI ((Some of it under the coordination of the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) of the CGIAR.)) and elsewhere will definitely help users of …
The USDA is promising people like Luigi ((Remember when he was Lost in Genebank database hell?)) a get out of hell free card. Shiaoman Chao, a molecular geneticist, sequences and fingerprints thousands of wheat and barley samples sent to her by breeders around the country. The results can help breeders to decide whether a particular …