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Part 1: Turning plants into food
Patrick Boyle
Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux
broccoli
broccoli
cabbage Steve Block
broccoli cabbage
Wikimedia Commons user Qurqa
cauliflower
broccoli cauliflower
cabbage
Flickr: La Grande Farmers' Market, / USDA / Eric Hunt
broccoli cauliflower
cabbage
kohlrabi brussels sprouts collards
Brassica oleracea Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea Brassica oleracea Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea Wikimedia 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 none beta and
alpha carotene
anthocyani n, beta and
alpha carotene
lycopene, beta
carotene
xanthophyll s
origin 1600’s
Northern Europe
1600’s Europe
Middle East
900’s Afghanistan
Turkey Middle East
1700’s India China Japan
900’s Afghanistan
Turkey Middle East
X
X
LadyofHats
19th century - genetics
traits genes
X
LadyofHats
19th century - genetics
traits genes
9 3 3 1: : :
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?
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