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Brainfood: Nutrition edition

Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 28, 2024

Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. Stakeholders’ perceptions of and preferences for utilizing fonio ( Digitaria exilis ) to enrich local diets for food and nutritional security in Nigeria. But documenting knowledge will be key in either case.

Grain

Grain Cultivation Food Marketing

Brainfood: Maize, Chickpea, CWR, Canola, Coconut, Avocado, Eggplant, Carrot, Watermelon, Citrus, Potato, Pearl millet, Roses

Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 22, 2023

A Citrullus genus super-pangenome reveals extensive variations in wild and cultivated watermelons and sheds light on watermelon evolution and domestication. Pangenomics identifies a gene in wild Kordofan melons as promoting the accumulation of sugar in watermelon.

Maize

Maize Cultivation Distribution Crop

Brainfood: Seed quantity, Seed quality, Seed testing, Seed sampling, Cryo review, Potato diversity, Coconut cryo, Apple genebanks, Pear vulnerability, Pear restoration, Celebrity conservation, Indigenous rematriation, Farmers’ Rights

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Potato soup: analysis of cultivated potato gene bank populations reveals high diversity and little structure. They don’t even have to be alive :) Plant Cryopreservation: Principles, Applications, and Challenges of Banking Plant Diversity at Ultralow Temperatures. No problem. Still a lot of research needed though.

Seeding

Seeding Cultivation Processing biotechnology

Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

Thank you, and we stand ready to assist you in cultivating a risk-appropriate, science-based regulatory system for these vital innovations.

Seeding

Seeding Crop Science Minor Crop

Precision Ag News 6/12

Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. Nemasphere is the first and only biotechnology trait for SCN, the number one yield-robbing pest in soybeans in the United States. 3-5 in Houston, Texas.

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MyLand Adds Algae Operations & Innovation Director

Agwired

JUNE 5, 2024

With nearly three decades of excellence in biotechnology and algae innovation, LaMont will oversee algae and lab operations, leading a diverse team of scientists and engineering staff on the Operations team.

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Research Highlights Chickpea Versatility as a Crop

ATTRA

OCTOBER 22, 2024

They published their work in The Plant Biotechnology. This evaluation found that chickpeas are a drought-resistant legume plant with a high protein content that can complement grain cultivation systems even in urban areas.

Crop

Crop biotechnology Mechanics Cultivation

Brainfood: Vanilla diversity, Moth bean diversity, Lablab genome, Wheat allergens, Strampelli, Core collections, Collection structure, ITK, Sambal diversity

Agricultural Biodiversity

MAY 14, 2023

Genetic diversity of the cultivated vanilla in Madagascar. Lots of genetic groups based on SNPs, but not structured in space or environmentally, except maybe by altitude.

Cultivation

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Elicit Plant’s CEO on the Urgent Need to Address Water Access Challenges

World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

On both sides of the Atlantic, the chronic lack of water for crops is a direct threat to global food security, if we hope to cultivate a future where abundance coexists harmoniously with the preservation of our planet, we must act take urgent action.”, warns Déchant, CEO and Co-Founder of Elicit Plant.

Cultivation

Cultivation biotechnology Yield Crop

Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Civil Eats

MAY 21, 2024

In this map, green areas are projected to be favorable to coffee cultivation by 2050, while brown areas will not be. ( The benefit of this technology is that it’s not location-specific; you can run it wherever you want,” says Heiko Rischer, principal scientist and head of plant biotechnology at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

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Yield Production Harvest Harvesting

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago. Seaweed farming, a longstanding tradition in Asia for more than a hundred years, is now gaining a place on U.S. Those early studies have impacted the growth of mariculture studies globally.

Farming

Farming Farming Science Harvest

Brainfood: Ag research ROI, CGIAR & climate change, Crop species diversity, Training plant breeders, AI & plant breeding, Wheat breeding review, Wheat landraces, CIMMYT wheat breeding, Wheat D genome, Forages pre-breeding, Impact of new varieties, Two long-term barley experiment, High protein peas, Watermelon super-pangenome, Resynthesizing mustard, Consumer preference and breeding

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Cultivating success: Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Crop species diversity: A key strategy for sustainable food system transformation and climate resilience. Now there’s a nice thing to integrate into your climate change adaptation and integration research.

Forage

Forage Crop Yield Grain

60+ Pioneering Start-Ups Will Showcase Breakthrough AgTech Solutions at World Agri-Tech in San Francisco

World Agri-Tech

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

AI-Driven Cultivation and Next-Gen Crop Nutrition & Protection: Learn how Agwa, Ceragen, TOWING, Anvigen, GroPro, Silvec, TRIC, UpTerra, Invasive Species Corp, Varada Ag, and Quorum Bio are leveraging AI for autonomous vegetable cultivation and engineering microbials for crop nutrition and soil health.

Cultivation

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Maize

Maize Science Food Crop

From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. Over the past decades we have seen a hyper consolidation of seed systems that has led to a dominant culture of seed commodification. Source: Philip H.

Seeding

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Agriculture Informer

Brainfood: Nutrition edition

Brainfood: Maize, Chickpea, CWR, Canola, Coconut, Avocado, Eggplant, Carrot, Watermelon, Citrus, Potato, Pearl millet, Roses

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Brainfood: Seed quantity, Seed quality, Seed testing, Seed sampling, Cryo review, Potato diversity, Coconut cryo, Apple genebanks, Pear vulnerability, Pear restoration, Celebrity conservation, Indigenous rematriation, Farmers’ Rights

Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

Precision Ag News 6/12

MyLand Adds Algae Operations & Innovation Director

Research Highlights Chickpea Versatility as a Crop

Brainfood: Vanilla diversity, Moth bean diversity, Lablab genome, Wheat allergens, Strampelli, Core collections, Collection structure, ITK, Sambal diversity

Elicit Plant’s CEO on the Urgent Need to Address Water Access Challenges

Climate Solutions for the Future of Coffee

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

60+ Pioneering Start-Ups Will Showcase Breakthrough AgTech Solutions at World Agri-Tech in San Francisco

The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

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