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Part 1:Turning plants into food
Patrick Boyle
Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux
broccoli
broccoli
cabbageSteve Block
broccoli cabbage
Wikimedia Commons user Qurqa
cauliflower
broccolicauliflower
cabbage
Flickr: La Grande Farmers' Market, / USDA / Eric Hunt
broccolicauliflower
cabbage
kohlrabi brussels sproutscollards
Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea
Brassica oleraceaWikimedia Commons: Sanja565658
the first plant engineers
Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY
natural artificial selection
survival of the fittest!survival of the tastiest!
Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY
natural artificial selection
Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY
selective breeding
X
NASA
civilization = agriculture?
Doebley et. al. Cell:127(7) 2006
© John Doebley
corn
Wolfgang Sauber
Doebley et. al. Cell:127(7) 2006
the ancient plant engineers
USDA
USDA
meet the carrots
white orange purple/orange red yellow
pigment nonebeta and
alpha carotene
anthocyanin, beta and
alpha carotene
lycopene, beta
carotene
xanthophylls
origin1600’s
Northern Europe
1600’sEurope
Middle East
900’s Afghanistan
TurkeyMiddle East
1700’sIndiaChinaJapan
900’s Afghanistan
TurkeyMiddle East
X
X
LadyofHats
19th century - genetics
traits genes
X
LadyofHats
19th century - genetics
traits genes
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systematic plant breeding
USDA
the population bomb?
USAID, Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux
USAID, Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux
Ildar Sagdejev & Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding
USDA
the population bomb?
USDA
the population bomb?
Wikimedia Commons, Drahkrub
questions?