Nibbles: Olive plague, Soil biodiversity, Bamboo & rattan

Xylella has an insta. Check out also XF-actors. How did I miss the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative website? Even has the biodiversity soil atlas on there. They’re on Twitter too, of course, as is their director, Dr Monica Farfan. Latest Bambu & Rattan Update from INBAR. Check out in particular Prof. Terry Sunderland on African …

Nibbles: Community seedbanks, Old ag, ICRAF resources, Pests & diseases, Archaeobotany, Oz seeds, Pakistani camels

The future is community seedbanks. The past was crop mixtures. Among other things: two-year-old reviews of books on 18th century agriculture re-upped. The future is trees. But they need help, hence these resources. Australia looks to native tree seeds for its future. No help needed. There will probably be a crop pandemic in the future. …

Nibbles: Olive plague, ITPGRFA, Potato, Sweetpotato, Guinea pig, Amazon farming, Unilever, Apomixis, Pathogens, Reindeer,

The Xylella butcher’s bill mounts up. Webinar on the Plant Treaty. The history of the humble: potato, sweetpotato, guinea pig. Agroforestry in the forest. Unilever does C labelling. Biodiversity next? Hacking apomixis in sorghum and cowpea so farmers can save seeds of hybrids. Temperature range and plant host range of fungus and oomycete pathogens change …

Brainfood: Shiny seeds, Mexican maize, Olive plague, Pulse CWR, Climate change & biodiversity, Soybean diversity, Wild tomato, Brassica evaluation, Horizontal gene transfer, Wild Cajanus, Agroforestry benefits, Fishy diets, Symbiosis, Ancient Amazonia, Animal domestication

Delayed luminescence of seeds: are shining seeds viable? Maybe, but more research needed. Explaining the spatial scale of campesino agriculture in Mexico: Implications for the supply and conservation of native maize. Maize is not just for subsistence; never has been. Impact of Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca in European olives. Fancy maths says olives are doomed. …