Stronger Plants, Stronger Science, and Stronger Communication
I just read yesterday that Monsanto has just started blogging, using WordPress too! (Shake of the ol’ tassel bag to Jeff at sustainablog) Well, not just now, but about two months ago, the new Monsanto blog put up its first post, Monsanto according to Monsanto. Taking a jab with the title at a recent documentary…
Friday was the first full day of the 51st Maize Genetics Conference, and it was filled with all kinds of genetic fun. When I saw the program, I knew I would be up for the first talks of the morning at 8 am, because they were about transposons. The rest of the day was filled…
Welcome to the 29th edition of Mendel’s Garden, the monthly one-stop-shop for the best the blogosphere has on Genetics. I have hosted the Garden a couple times before on my personal blog, but this month we find ourselves on Biofortified. This is a group blog on plant genetics and genetic engineering, to try to sprinkle…
Are you a backyard breeder? Do you want to be? Well with this video, now you can! Well, I think if you are a plant breeding student, a breeder looking to train a new workforce, or someone who’s really just curious about how you can possibly make seeds to grow ‘seedless’ watermelons, you’ll like this…
Just a reminder to readers, the next edition of the genetics blog carnival, Mendel’s Garden, will be hosted here on Sunday the 8th of March. I would post it sooner if I wasn’t so busy night and day at the moment! We only have a few submissions so far, so you still have time to…
I’ve got a couple things to report. The first is that Pamela Ronald, who has just uploaded her first post at Biofortified, has been in the news lately. It isn’t often that plant breeding makes the news, and when she made top-of-the-wire headlines on CNN, I not only heard from colleagues back in Davis and…
The 28th edition of Mendel’s Garden is up at Quintessence of Dust. An excellent collection of the latest in genetics blogging, this issue includes a post by Biofortified’s own Anastasia. The next edition of Mendel’s Garden will in fact be hosted right here at Biofortified, so send your submissions to karl [AT] inoculatedmind (DOT) com….
Last week, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. It was a monumental inauguration for many reasons. Never in the history of this country has a non-white man held this high office.Never before has the internet played such a huge role in the election, transition, and future administration of…
While I was browsing the genetic engineering news for something to write about, a letter in the San Diego Reader caught my attention. “The Present Craziness” by Pat Palmer read had a very bizarre take on biology, have a read: Thanks for the optimistic article “Can We Create New Life?” (Feature Story, November 26). One…
Hawai’i is a remote archipelago of islands with a declining sugar industry. The new expanses of open acreage are now being filled with GE crop trials, and controversy. The University of Hawai’i produced the first GE Papaya resistant to Papaya Ringspot Virus, which grows there today (and even surrounds and protects organic plots of Papaya),…