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
August 23, 2009
September 2, 2009
Moon
visits arctic seed storage facility
September 3, 2009
September 4, 2009
Take carbon out of
the air as charcoal?
September 13, 2009
The
greatest hero you never knew
October 19, 2009
September 7, 2011
September 23, 2011
September 30, 2011
What is white tea? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpa2XhI8CeI
October
13, 2011
Race
for the Giant Pumpkin:
October 10, 2011
Banana
Crisis