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Title: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 13, 2014, 12:15:19

For anyone interested in breeding, there's a new site here:

http://plantbreedingforum.eu/index.php

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: Jayb on February 13, 2014, 18:25:40

Thanks Robert, I'll take a look.

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: galina on February 14, 2014, 09:06:45

Interesting Robert, thanks. There are some well-known people on there too. Do we know who started it and why? Just seems to have sprung up from nowhere. How did you find out about it Robert? :wave:

There is another forum along similar lines, the seedsaving/breeding yahoo group, started by Ben from Real Seeds. Unfortunately that has gone all too quiet. Let's hope this one is more lively.

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 14, 2014, 19:23:03

I'm not certain where I saw it; it may have been on Homegrown Goodness, or maybe Facebook. It'll be good if enough of us join to make it lively.

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: galina on March 15, 2014, 07:35:42

Here is an article that might be helpful for anybody interested in breeding (or in seed saving). With useful diagrams and botanical terms explained:
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/PLBREED/pl_breed.html

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: digmore on March 15, 2014, 08:21:29

Did anyone see the news article on Tv. about GM crops, only a 60 sec gap filler, John Innes involved in the development of a type of wheat that draws its nitrogen requirements directly from the air. So reducing the need for fertilizers, and pollution and costs.

I know that man/woman has over the years changed the crops that we eat, you only have to look in a corn field at harvest time, when I was a kid, hay was nearly 3ft tall with small ears. Now its no more than 18ins and large ears and comes to full term alot quicker than the old variety.

I wonder where we are going with this line of development, no facts for this next statement, we seem to have more illnesses these days, could there be a link but on the other hand we seem to be living longer. Is it food related or are living easier lives.

Digmore. :wave:

Title: Re: Vegetable breeding site
Post by: Jayb on March 15, 2014, 08:59:56

Quote from: galina on March 15, 2014, 07:35:42
Here is an article that might be helpful for anybody interested in breeding (or in seed saving). With useful diagrams and botanical terms explained:
http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/vista/html_pubs/PLBREED/pl_breed.html

I've just had a quick gander, looks an interesting site, I'll take a proper look later :happy7:

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