Nibbles: Presentations, Taro leaf blight, Agroforestry, Agroecology, Photosynthesis

Two guides to making good presentations. For what it’s worth, here’s my take: fewer words. The latest on taro leaf blight in Samoa, from an Indigenous perspective. Not a presentation in sight. Agroforestry in the Solomon Islands involves 132 species. Probably including taro. The case for agroecology from the Global Alliance for the Future of …

Brainfood: Wild yeast, Sorbus evolution, Taro leaf blight, Vegetable sesame, Phast phenotyping, US CWR, Risk, Citizen science, GMOs, European meadow diversity, Hedysarum diversity, Pineapple diversity

Introducing a New Breed of Wine Yeast: Interspecific Hybridisation between a Commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Yeast and Saccharomyces mikatae. The future of wine? Breeding systems, hybridization and continuing evolution in Avon Gorge Sorbus. You had me at “Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, is a world ‘hotspot’ for Sorbus diversity.” Taro leaf blight — A threat to …