Lost Crops

Recovering the lost crops of Eastern North America to address food issues today.

[Awais Khan @awaicekhan]

Today is the International #PlantHealthDay. We must conserve & utilize #GeneticDiversity in #CropWildRelatives & #Biodiversity to sustainably manage #CropDiseases and for improved #PlantHealth . Novel genetic/biotechnology approaches can speed up the process!

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

Seed packs! (coming soon) https://t.co/PS968LJXRP

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

Following up on general thoughts on antigenic drift of #COVID19 from this weekend, I wanted to discuss what we know about the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 thats emerged in the UK. 1/17
https://t.co/AMxT5lWOVR

[Jorge C. Berny Mier y Teran @JorgeCBerny]

Nice common bean picture from Crop Improvement of Phaseolus spp. Through Interspecific and Intraspecific Hybridization
https://t.co/e6qVUu43CT

[Valentin Picasso @ValentinPicasso]

Farmer perspectives and experiences introducing the novel perennial grain Kernza intermediate wheatgrass in the US Midwest, just published: https://t.co/7sWw2xY8xP

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

We got a tour of this phenotyping marvel over the summer. Truly incredible resource for characterizing plant traits to breeding toward domestication.

[Sarah Taylor Lovell 🌻🦋 @sartaylov]

Phenotyping in progress... l spent the day at Danforth Center with Dr. Allison Miller @ajmiller4233. Her research program on evolution and domestication of perennial crops could contribute to future food security.

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

@CMarcklinger Thanks for sharing this!

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

Really interesting-sounding research on Mississippian societies' surprisingly diverse agriculture--and the powerful women who controlled it: https://t.co/t9ZD3N5OWk

[Daniel R Williams @danraywill]

I’m looking for seed samples of Chenopodium berlandieri for a study. PM and RT if you’d like to help!

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

It’s a labor of love, bringing back the lost crops

[Society of Ethnobiology @SofEthnobiology]

“In a broad sense, people guaranteed reproductive success, putting in extra work to prepare land and plant seeds. In return, the plants provided an economically superior food resource (a combination of labor, nutrition, and risk mitigation).” https://t.co/xcmzmRtYDn

[Dutch Quinoa Group @DutchQuinoa]

Local food systems and shorter food chains! https://t.co/cgqDgoGQ3w

[Nestor Kippes @nfkip]

can you predict winter wheat vernalization requirement? check out our latest work now online. @UCDavisPlants @UCDavis_Egghead https://t.co/exbGCpSHhQ

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

Who’s excited for Natalie Murller and Paul Patton talk about lost crops at #SEBSOE18 today?

[NCSU Ethnobotany @NCSUethnobotany]

We are enjoying the 1st day of the joint Society for Economic Botany & Society of Ethnobiology Meeting in Madison! The theme this year is "Food Security, Sovereignty, & Traditional Knowledge"! #SEBSoE18

[Lost Crops @LostCrops]

Colorful Chenopodium berlandieri seeds collected on a river sandbar in Ohio.

[International Potato Center @Cipotato]

Only a few hours to go until the launch of the @WPCPeru The Vice President of #Peru shares insights on the #biodiversity, beauty and crucial importance of #potato. https://t.co/OdFiGy3b1P @foodtank

[Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng]

Our Director General @AnnTutwiler blogs about how @BioversityInt's scientists and partners are disrupting agricultural and tree #biodiversity science: https://t.co/Bxmdua2Aee

[Crop Wild Relatives @CropWildRelativ]

Oryza rufipogon is one of the best-known wild relatives of rice, & has been used as a source of many traits for rice improvement for decades, including several yield-related traits – not somethig you’d easily guess when looking at the scrawny plants. https://t.co/1KvWLaSxPl

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

Our special section “The Archaeology of Gardens” surveys evidence of the many ways in which people throughout history have tended the earth
https://t.co/M4hviAjMhD

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

The @CGIAR Genebank Platform, a partnership between CGIAR and @CropTrust, supports 11 int'l #genebanks to meet international standards. They safeguard for humanity the largest agro-biodiversity collection in the world.
Video: https://t.co/XAQsBZ4czO