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Brainfood: IBPGR collecting, Persimmon diversity, ABS, On farm economics, Wild Colombian potatoes, Indian rice cores, Tibetan chickens, Ligonberry antioxidants, Tanzanian veggie IK, Melon sugar genes, Moroccan lentil diversity, Grasspea diversity, Quinoa ABS

Plant genetic resources collections and associated information as a baseline resource for genetic diversity studies: an assessment of the IBPGR-supported collections. 35% of 200,000 accessions collected by IBPGR from 1975-95 still in a genebank somewhere. Genetic diversity among germplasms of Diospyros kaki based on SSR markers. Chinese non-astringent types closer to Chinese astringent types than …

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Nibbles: Old breweries, Old grape seeds, New beer, Sheep breeds, Indian rice landraces, GM rice in China, Barley breeding, Botanical tipple, Mata Atlantica conservation, Quinoa

There are some really old breweries out there. And some really old grape seeds in Sardinia. The beauty of hops. New and old. Some very photogenic old sheep breeds in the Lake District. Someone has discovered some old salt-tolerant rice landraces. Also medicinal and aromatic rices. Well I never. Meanwhile, at the other end of …

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Nibbles: Hunger Games, Nutritious markets, Plant secrets, Nutrition soundbites, Buckwheat panic, Olive oil panic, Cannabis breeding, Wild turkey genetics, Quinoa wars, Domestication infographics, Howard-Yana Shapiro

Do they know it’s Christmas? Stocking-filling books for do-gooders. Wonder if any of them talk about using markets to deliver nutritious food. The surprising secrets of baobabs, among other plants. I thought we knew all there was to know about baobabs, what with all those factsheets. The Global Nutrition Report in 12 sound-bites. No sign …

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