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Tag Archives: farming
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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Introgression of chromosome segments from multiple alien species in wheat breeding lines with wheat streak mosaic virus resistance
324. Ali N, Heslop-Harrison JS, Ahmad H, Graybosch RA, Hein GL, Schwarzacher T. 2016. Introgression of chromosome segments from multiple alien species in wheat breeding lines with wheat streak mosaic virus resistance. Heredity (2016) 117, 114–123; published online 1 June … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, chromosomes, cytogenetics, Publications, Species, wheat
Tagged biodiversity, breeding, chromosomes, crops, cytogenetics, diversity, domestication, evolution, farming, genomics, hybrids, in situ hybridization, introgression, markers, molecular cytogenetics, mosaic virus, resistance, rye, Secale, Thinopyrum, tolerance, virus, wheat, WSMV
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Diversity and characters in Ethiopian linseed Linum #PAGXXIII Negash Worku
Many people have talked about Orphan crops – those where there has been little genetic or other research – and the characterization, evaluation and exploitation of germplasm at the #PAGXXIII Plant and Animal Genome Conference this week. Today, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, cytogenetics, Environment, Farming, News, Research
Tagged Africa, biodiversity, botany, breeding, domestication, Ethiopia, farming, flax, genetics, genomics, IRAP, IRAPs, linseed, Linum, markers, molecular diversity, plants, retrotransposons, seeds, transposons
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From vegan to meat: human diet and trophic levels
Where are humans in the food chain? Bonhommeau et al. address this question in PNAS, apparently for the first time, in detail across all countries and over the period from 1961 that FAO statistics on food consumption and production are available … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, Literature, Sustainability
Tagged animals, aquaculture, breeding, carnivorous, crops, culture, diet, farming, FISH, food, food security, vegan, vegetarian
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Aquaculture, farming and development: an FAO consultation
Aquaculture has major prospects for providing high quality, palatable protein for people. Compared to other animals, the conversion of plants into animal protein in fish, shellfish and crustaceans is very efficient: the ratio of input food to output is less … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, Farming, Sustainability
Tagged aquaculture, clams, consultation, crustaceans, development, environment, FAO, farming, FISH, oysters, prawns, shellfish
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Fertilizer statistics: changes and usage
Fertilizer has been critical to crop yields from the start of agriculture, and the application of artificially fixed nitrogen has been fundamental to crop yield increases since the 1970s. However, finding definitive data about absolute amounts, costs, effects on yields … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, Environment, Farming, Farming, Literature, Species, Sustainability
Tagged ammonia, breeding, farming, fertilizer, nitrogen, phosphate, yield
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Molecular cytogenetics and genome evolution 