Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Agrobiodiversity is crops, livestock, foodways, microbes, pollinators, wild relatives …
Compost can boost yields, save water shock. Tom Wagner shows off new tomatoes and potatoes. Our pal Neil tells one tree man’s story: Maurice Kwadha: farmer, entrepreneur, and climate-smart. The UK has a policy on animal and plant diseases in the 21st century. Doesn’t everyone? NPR nips at our heels, with stories on heirloom seeds …
Maize origins investigated. Plants climb mountains. Rice endures, too. “How would our federal government respond if 1 out of every 3 cows was dying?“ Bees in trouble in India too, but maybe not for same reason. We’ve blogged about 冬虫å¤è‰ before, but I personally can never get enough of the stuff. Apple breeding bears fruit in India. …
The biodiversity and genetic structure of Balearic sheep breeds. 5 types, pretty well differentiated among themselves, and very different to the mainland breeds. Exploration of genetic diversity within Cichorium endivia and Cichorium intybus with focus on the gene pool of industrial chicory. Species reasonably, though not completely, differentiated. C. intybus division into 3 phenotypic cultivar …
We went to the opening of a new exhibit at the Bioparco di Roma called Bioversitalia last night. The exhibit was fine, although as usual agricultural biodiversity got short-changed a bit, and so was the food on offer. The introductory talk, however, was a thorough disappointment. Not at all inspiring. What the boffins on display …
I’m killing a few hours at Hong Kong International Airport, so I pick up the latest issue of China Today. There’s a number of really interesting articles, but two little snippets jumped out at me. The first is a short note on the Chinese Caterpillar Fungus, Cordyceps sinensis. No, I’d never heard of it either, …