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Breeding

There are 11 posts tagged Breeding (this is page 1 of 3).

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Tomatoes: domestication and diversity What lies beneath does not reflect what you see

New studies make sense of tomato’s transformation from teeny-fruited weed to diversity diva.

April 18, 2022 | 24 Webmentions | 1 Comment

The Man Who Tried to Feed the World A new documentary about Norman Borlaug

Norman Borlaug gave birth to the Green Revolution, with little thought for the unintended consequences of his work.

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in Podcasts | April 13, 2020 | 37 Webmentions | 5 Comments

Who owns whom in the food industry Made from concentrate

The number of firms that own the food brands you see is much smaller than you think. That’s not good for consumers or suppliers.

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in Podcasts | April 30, 2018 | 17 Webmentions | Comment

Ireland’s apple collection A visit to the Irish Seedsavers Association yields history and modern science

Apples picked to perfume a room. Undocumented apples and apples with false papers. Foundlings that could give a supermarket apple a run for its money. Others that don’t taste too good but are catnip to blackbirds. A heritage orchard in County Clare, Ireland.

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in Podcasts | October 23, 2017 | 18 Webmentions | 2 Comments

Back to the future for the wheat of tomorrow Farmers in Italy experiment with evolutionary populations

Wheat growers are making use of hugely diverse evolutionary populations to give them the seeds they need.

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in Podcasts | July 31, 2017 | 6 Webmentions | Comment

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Wheat growers are making use of hugely diverse evolutionary populations to give them the seeds they need.