Economic Botany in the News

 

January 24, 2008

800,000 acres of Brazilian rainforest turned into farmland in the last 5 months of 2007

 

January 23, 2008

Biofuels may threaten environment by raising the prices of food crops and causing water shortages

 

February 4, 2008

Spectral properties of reflected light may be an early warning sign of plant diseases

 

February 6, 2008

Gene discovered that prevents fungal infections in grain producing grasses

 

February 11, 2008

Demand for wood products hurts local communities

 

February 12, 2008

Egypt's earliest farming village found

 

February 27, 2008

Biodiversity preserved under arctic mountain

 

March 3, 2008

Urban sprawl selecting seeds for reduced dispersal

 

March 13, 2008

A real crisis: wheat stem rust Ug99 Global Rust Initiative

 

April 4, 2008

Ethanol and the law of unintended consequences

 

April 18, 2008

Rice prices rise to a new high

 

April 23, 2008

Species loss bad for our health

 

April 30, 2008

A new Green Revolution?

 

August 23, 2009

Green 'goo' biofuel?

 

September 2, 2009

Moon visits arctic seed storage facility

 

September 3, 2009

Garlic mustard pesto anyone?

 

September 4, 2009

Take carbon out of the air as charcoal?

 

September 13, 2009

The greatest hero you never knew

 

October 19, 2009

Seed bank at Kew Gardens

 

September 7, 2011

Hybrid Fruit? 

 

September 23, 2011

The Last Great Plant Hunt

 

September 30, 2011

What is white tea?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpa2XhI8CeI

 

October 13, 2011

Race for the Giant Pumpkin:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/garden/the-race-to-grow-the-one-ton-pumpkin.html?WT.mc_id=ST-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M222a-ROS-1011-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click

 

October 10, 2011

Banana Crisis

 

http://www.scidev.net/en/south-east-asia/news/research-urged-to-combat-philippine-banana-disease.html