Category: Science
How to Breed Fruit Trees
Have you ever wondered what goes into breeding your favorite fruit varieties? Breeding apples, plums, oranges and pears is made understandable with this video that explains the basic biology, origins, and techniques involved in breeding fruit trees. This is the latest in my series on how to breed plants. If you are interested to see…
A Wiki for GMOs
At the Biofortified Blog, we get a lot of questions about the basics of genetically engineered crops. From time to time there are new and unique questions, but there is a certain set of questions that come up again and again. Questions about how GMOs affect pesticide use, yield, and health always seem to come…
Shades of Green in Chicago
Happy New Year readers! While things have been a little slow around here in the past month given the holidays, now that 2013 has rolled around that is surely going to change. Contest prizes have been sent and received, and Frank N. Foode™ is traveling in the far away subcontinent of India with Becca Harrison,…