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Part 1: Turning plants into food Patrick Boyle

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Part 1:Turning plants into food

Patrick Boyle

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Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux

broccoli

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broccoli

cabbageSteve Block

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broccoli cabbage

Wikimedia Commons user Qurqa

cauliflower

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broccolicauliflower

cabbage

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Flickr: La Grande Farmers' Market, / USDA / Eric Hunt

broccolicauliflower

cabbage

kohlrabi brussels sproutscollards

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Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea

Brassica oleracea

Brassica oleracea Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea

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Brassica oleraceaWikimedia Commons: Sanja565658

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the first plant engineers

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natural artificial selection

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survival of the fittest!survival of the tastiest!

Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY

natural artificial selection

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Wikimedia Commons: FASTILY

selective breeding

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NASA

civilization = agriculture?

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Doebley et. al. Cell:127(7) 2006

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© John Doebley

corn

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Wolfgang Sauber

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Doebley et. al. Cell:127(7) 2006

the ancient plant engineers

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USDA

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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

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LadyofHats

19th century - genetics

traits genes

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LadyofHats

19th century - genetics

traits genes

9 3 3 1: : :

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systematic plant breeding

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USDA

the population bomb?

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USAID, Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux

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USAID, Copyright © 2007 David Monniaux

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Ildar Sagdejev & Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding

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USDA

the population bomb?

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USDA

the population bomb?

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Wikimedia Commons, Drahkrub

questions?