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Tag Archives: ensete
Perspectives on research with varietal diversity and sustainable utilization in enset (Ensete banana)
347. Wilkin P, Davis A, Demissew S, Etherington T, Goodwin M, Heslop-Harrison P, Schwarzacher T, Willis K. 2018. A perspective to enhance innovative research with emphasis on varietal diversity and sustainable utilization of enset (Ensete ventricosum). Ethiopian Journal of Biological … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Musa, Publications, Species
Tagged Africa, banana, biodiversity, breeding, crops, diversity, enset, ensete, Ethiopia, food security, genetics, genomics, livelihoods, Musaceae, plant breeding, ploidy, polyploidy, Resilience, staple food
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Obituary for Dr Mark Goodwin
I am so saddened to write about the sudden death of my good friend, colleague and co-project leader, Mark Goodwin. We had very extensive common interests in the application and delivery of research for developing countries, research ethics, and in … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborators
Tagged banana, colleagues, death, ensete, Ethiopia, germplasm, Leicester, Mark Goodwin, memorial, obituary, pedagogy, teaching, tribute, university
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New Project on Molecular Cytogenetics and Genomics of Ensete banana
We have a research project starting in 2017 on Ethiopian banana, Ensete ventricosum, for 18 months, in collaboration with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Dr Paul Wilkin) and University of Addis Ababa (Professor Sebsebe Demissew). There is a post-doctoral position working … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborators, Farming, jobs, Musa, People, Research, Species
Tagged academic, advert, banana, bbsrc, breeding, diversity, DNA, ensete, Ethiopia, farming, fellowship, food security, gcrf, genetics, genomics, global challenge, job, postdoc, postdoctoral, propagation, research, sequencing, tissue culture, university
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Banana, Ensete and Boesenbergia Genomics talk by Schwarzacher, Heslop-Harrison, Harikrishna
Comparative genomic analysis in Zingiberales: what can we learn from banana to enable Ensete and Boesenbergia to reach their potential? Talk for Plant and Animal Genomics #PAGXXV Molecular cytogenetics can address challenges in crops with relatively little background knowledge. This … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Farming, Musa
Tagged Africa, banana, breeding, chromosomes, enset, ensete, Epigenetics, Ethiopia, food, genetics, genomics, immunocytochemistry, musa
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Needs for understanding water and food security
“The earth’s land surface receives about 110,000 km3 of rainfall annually. More than half of this water is evapotranspired (transmitted from soils and through plants to the air); about 20,000 km3 falls on land that is cultivated in some form; … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, Farming, Literature, News, Research
Tagged banana, brassica, breeding, drought, education, ensete, FAO, food, food security, genetics, genomics, iaea, irrigation, research, water, wheat
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Molecular cytogenetics and genome evolution 