HISTORY casts a long shadow. Many of the first bacteria to be discovered were agents of disease, and that is how most people perceive bacteria to this day, even... (Not all plant viruses are bad.
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Genetic and species diversity of crops, trees, livestock, fish, pollinators, microbes etc etc
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Improvements in DNA technology now make it possible for biologists to identify every living organism in and around a species.
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I've written rather a lot about rates of forest loss around the world, including accumulated estimates of tropical forest loss and increasing fragmentation/loss in the boreal forest (see Bradshaw e...
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News: Construction begins on Australian Grains Genebank http://t.co/39gmHUSTZa
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A nationally-important collection of sugar beet seed could be given a home in Norfolk where the modern industry was launched more than a century ago. Via Nicola Brown Delete the scoop?
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Bioversity International was mentioned by the Food Tank: The Food Think Tank as one of the 40 organizations that are shaking up the food system.
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Riikka Kaartinen, Bess Hardwick, and Tomas Roslin In press. Using citizen scientists to measure an ecosystem service nationwide. Ecology.
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The American chestnut was the king of the trees in forests in the eastern U.S. until a fungus from Asia brought them down. We are getting very close to making a resistant American chestnut.
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The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human greed.
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This book assesses the potential of insects as food and feed as one major and readily available source of nutritious and protein-rich food. 20/05/13
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“Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy." Ishirō Honda (1911-1993) Sometimes monstrous things lurk at our feet.
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The 16th century roots of botanic gardens lie in medicine but their more modern roles encompass research, education and conservation. So what are botanical gardens actually for? (RT @bgci: BBC News - What are botanic gardens for?
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Cornish pasty makers fear they may need to raise prices because they are having to pay almost three times more than last year for local ingredients.
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Read Where to follow the global ale trail for travel tips, advice, news and articles from all around the world by Lonely Planet (RT @MarciaFarah1: @Prof_Burton Beer & travel fun --> RT "@lonelyplanet: Following the global ale trail
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Sweet and sticky: Workers harvest sugarcane at a plantation in Tulungagung, East Java. The government recently approved the first transgenic ...
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A genetically modified purple tomato that is tastier than normal varieties and can last for more than a month before going off has been invented by JIC scientists.
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Forget environmental concerns: When it comes to fracking, Germans are worried about how it might affect beer quality.
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Dornith Doherty, a 2012-2013 Guggenheim Fellow, was born in Houston, Texas and is a Professor of Photography at the University of North Texas. In her TEDxMon...
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You had me at “Avon Gorge, Bristol, UK, is a world ‘hotspot’ for Sorbus diversity.” http://t.co/a3wa9jz9Tv
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Soil Atlas of Africa, European Soil Portal, European Soil Bureau, User survey, Maps, Soil Atlas of Europe, Soil Atlas of Africa, European Soil Database Map Archive , European Digital Archive on Soil Maps of the World - EuDASM , Thematic Maps,...
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Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme this year is Water and Biodiversity, which may be why I am in Bonn, at a conference on Water in the Anthropocene.
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Concerned by the alarming loss of plant species, on 1-2 May international experts met in St Louis, USA, calling for a concerted worldwide effort to address the loss of essential knowledge about plants and their uses, especially at the level of...
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Farmers, Farming Communities to be Honoured for Conserving Plant Genetic ... Press Information Bureau (press release) ...
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Hemp, the THC-free cousin of cannabis, has recently been made legal in Colorado, but the feds still don't approve.
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The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human greed. Via Wildforests Delete the scoop?
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Genetic modification has so far mainly been confined to developing crops that tolerate herbicides and resist pests.
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