January 22, 2024
The California Native Seed Strategy is crucial to the state's climate resilience
October 26, 2023
From commodification to conservation: restoring agrobiodiversity through seed breeding – Part II
February 21, 2023
Q&A with Stephanie Greene, seed curator at preservation facility (Successful Farming)
November 8, 2022
Indigenous crops may help us survive climate change, but how we talk about them matters
December 9, 2021
Exhibit honors plant pioneer Nikolai Vavilov
November 18, 2021
Land for energy has increased biodiversity compared to land for food, UC Davis study finds
May 24, 2021
Why is it important to increase genetic diversity in crops, especially in soybean? U.S. soybean breeding programs have slowed as current varieties are too closely related
March 26, 2021
“Varietal timelines and leadership challenges affecting the legacy of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov” with Dr. Joel Cohen
December 18, 2020
Half of the wild relatives of major US crops are endangered (Successful Farming)
November 6, 2020
More plant diversity, less pesticides - Species-rich plant communities help to naturally reduce herbivore impacts Mehr Pflanzenvielfalt, weniger Pestizide - Artenreiche Pflanzengemeinschaften tragen zur natürlichen Schädlingsbekämpfung bei
May 26, 2020
Pandemics aren’t limited to people: How the world’s most famous seed vault defends plants against their next big outbreak (The Counter)
May 18, 2020
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Seed Vault Il Trattato Internazionale e il Deposito Globale di Semi delle Isole Svalbard
April 14, 2020
USA - A “library” for safeguarding our food supply: The USDA/ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado
March 24, 2020
‘Tip of the Iceberg’ by Stefan Schmitz, Crop Trust Executive Director
March 23, 2020
Forget the woolly mammoth -- Let's resurrect some extinct plants (Gizmodo)
March 18, 2020
Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife and buffering against climate change - The researchers found that farms with diverse crops planted together provide more secure, stable habitats for wildlife and are more resilient to climate change than the single-crop standard that dominates today’s agriculture industry
February 24, 2020
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity - FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations
December 3, 2019
Wild plants from four continents deliver climate change lifeline for xrops - Nearly 5,000 seed samples of crop wild relatives saved in challenging, six-year effort to secure the future of food
November 14, 2019
New tool to help local crop varieties flourish - FAO publishes Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers Varieties/Landraces
November 11, 2019
Global treaty critical for saving disappearing plants amid climate change - FAO calls for greater support for plant genepool and the Fund which support millions of farmers around the world
November 8, 2019
The Plant Treaty: Q&A with Crop Trust Director of Science, Luigi Guarino
September 13, 2019
Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right (Ensia)
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12 books on plant breeding, classic, modern and fun
12 livres sur l'amélioration des plantes : classiques, modernes et amusants
The Triumph of Seeds
How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
By Thor Hanson Basic Books
Hybrid The History and Science of Plant Breeding Noel Kingsbury The University of Chicago Press
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