{"id":96685,"date":"2018-08-26T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-living-lottery-of-seed-saving\/"},"modified":"2018-08-26T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T05:03:09","slug":"the-living-lottery-of-seed-saving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-living-lottery-of-seed-saving\/","title":{"rendered":"The living lottery of seed saving"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAccidental breeding projects can turn up bumper crops \u2013 and some weird and wonderful plantsI was always an unusual kid. At seven my dream wasn\u2019t to grow up to be a fireman, astronaut or ninja, but a plant breeder. Having been read a children\u2019s encyclopedia entry about the prolific 19th-century American plant breeder, Luther Burbank, the idea that I could play Willy Wonka with plants somehow fired up my imagination. A definite case of early-onset geekiness.Yet, sadly, the reality of plant breeding is far more painstakingly methodical and boringly stats-driven than my seven-year-old self realised, not to mention expensive. Commercial breeders can take years to come up with breakthrough creations, growing tens of thousands of plants at a time, most of which never make it anywhere near becoming an interesting commercial variety. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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