Comments for AoB Blog http://aobblog.com Weblog of the Annals of Botany Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:33 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Functional approach to predicting root decomposition by Functional approach to predicting root decomposition | Agronomy Man' blogs http://aobblog.com/2012/02/functional-approach-to-predicting-root-decomposition/#comment-4495 Functional approach to predicting root decomposition | Agronomy Man' blogs Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:33 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4873#comment-4495 [...] http://aobblog.com/2012/02/functional-approach-to-predicting-root-decomposition/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in agricultural education, agronomy, Soils & Soil Science by agronomyman. Bookmark the permalink. [...] [...] http://aobblog.com/2012/02/functional-approach-to-predicting-root-decomposition/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in agricultural education, agronomy, Soils & Soil Science by agronomyman. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

]]> Comment on Chromosome number and fruit size in Actinidia by Mateus Mondin http://aobblog.com/2012/02/chromosome-number-and-fruit-size-in-actinidia/#comment-4481 Mateus Mondin Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:37 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4865#comment-4481 Simple techniques, great results! I love it! Simple techniques, great results! I love it!

]]> Comment on Forensic botany collection by The Phytophactor http://aobblog.com/2012/02/forensic-botany-collection/#comment-4454 The Phytophactor Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:54:58 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4783#comment-4454 <a href="http://phytophactor.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/out-of-this-world-botany.html" rel="nofollow"> The botany depicted in CSI shows in the USA is quite silly</a>, and generally wrong. Thought about looking for the CSI botany clips and debunking them, but didn't have the time. Much better to show us the real stuff as you have. ... whoops, The Phytopractor got his website address pointing to a cybersquatter ... now corrected! EdPHH The botany depicted in CSI shows in the USA is quite silly, and generally wrong. Thought about looking for the CSI botany clips and debunking them, but didn’t have the time. Much better to show us the real stuff as you have.

… whoops, The Phytopractor got his website address pointing to a cybersquatter … now corrected! EdPHH

]]> Comment on Genetic control of flowering time in the cereal foxtail millet: a funded PhD at University of Cambridge with Unilever by Carmen Acedo http://aobblog.com/2012/01/genetic-control-of-flowering-time-in-the-cereal-foxtail-millet-a-funded-phd-at-university-of-cambridge-with-unilever/#comment-4427 Carmen Acedo Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:46:26 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4991#comment-4427 Do you like it? Do you like it?

]]> Comment on Genetic control of flowering time in the cereal foxtail millet: a funded PhD at University of Cambridge with Unilever by Nibbles: Microbial diversity, Blog, Yams, Benefits of diversity, Ancient ploughing, Oman’s genebank, Lodoicea, Wheat senescence, Maize landrace marketing, Setaria flowering http://aobblog.com/2012/01/genetic-control-of-flowering-time-in-the-cereal-foxtail-millet-a-funded-phd-at-university-of-cambridge-with-unilever/#comment-4415 Nibbles: Microbial diversity, Blog, Yams, Benefits of diversity, Ancient ploughing, Oman’s genebank, Lodoicea, Wheat senescence, Maize landrace marketing, Setaria flowering Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:12 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4991#comment-4415 [...] news of fundamental work on a “minor” millet. Cancel [...] [...] news of fundamental work on a “minor” millet. Cancel [...]

]]> Comment on The Vacuole: not just an empty hole! by AoB Blog » Faces of Plant Cell Biology: A series on PlantCellBiology.com from Anne Osterrieder http://aobblog.com/2011/12/the-vacuole-not-just-an-empty-hole/#comment-4371 AoB Blog » Faces of Plant Cell Biology: A series on PlantCellBiology.com from Anne Osterrieder Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:07:39 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4451#comment-4371 [...] we are asked a series of questions. So far, it has featured Charlotte Carroll (also an AoBBlog.com guest author here), Chris Hawes and Kentaro Tamura, who all answer Anne’s questions is surprisingly contrasting [...] [...] we are asked a series of questions. So far, it has featured Charlotte Carroll (also an AoBBlog.com guest author here), Chris Hawes and Kentaro Tamura, who all answer Anne’s questions is surprisingly contrasting [...]

]]> Comment on Does rain forest grow back? Archaeology might have the answer by Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://aobblog.com/2012/01/does-rain-forest-grow-back-archaeology-might-have-the-answer/#comment-4309 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:59:48 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4632#comment-4309 When I first heard of these old Amazon occupations, I though they nicely slotted into <a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/71932/title/Climate_meddling_dates_back_8,000_years#video" rel="nofollow">the geophysical work that showed much the same South American regrowth</a>. And is vital to understand the scale of AGW effects. So, purely as an interested layman of course, I am a bit surprised by the idea that the large forests of the world hasn't shown more or less healthy regrowth already. (There is more examples in the video of that link.) When I first heard of these old Amazon occupations, I though they nicely slotted into the geophysical work that showed much the same South American regrowth. And is vital to understand the scale of AGW effects.

So, purely as an interested layman of course, I am a bit surprised by the idea that the large forests of the world hasn’t shown more or less healthy regrowth already. (There is more examples in the video of that link.)

]]> Comment on Does rain forest grow back? Archaeology might have the answer by EditorPatHeslopHarrison http://aobblog.com/2012/01/does-rain-forest-grow-back-archaeology-might-have-the-answer/#comment-4307 EditorPatHeslopHarrison Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:01:14 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4632#comment-4307 Dorian Fuller's archaeobotanical blog at http://archaeobotanist.blogspot.com/2012/01/african-archaeobotany-2011.html has some valuable and relevants highlights of 2011 And the comment Dorian makes at http://agro.biodiver.se/2012/01/nibbles-oca-illustrated-urban-herbs-ancient-rice/#comment-1022732 is pertinent too: "Rice presents a fascinating opportunity to study parallel evolution in crop diversity, crop ecology and cultural traditions with the comparison of African O. glaberrima and and Asian O. sativa. Sadly, at present the archaeobotany of most West African countries is a complete blank, and archaeobotany in Africa needs more researchers, but some exciting finds are coming out (see my blog for some recent examples: http://archaeobotanist.blogspot.com/2012/01/african-archaeobotany-2011.html). Asian rice has also attracted more historical linguistic research and discussion. Unravelling the cultural histories of African rice remains a good challenge to get to work on!" ... and of course the brilliant and seminal paper "Contrasting Patterns in Crop Domestication and Domestication Rates: Recent Archaeobotanical Insights from the Old World" http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/5/903.full.pdf+html http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm048 Dorian Fuller’s archaeobotanical blog at http://archaeobotanist.blogspot.com/2012/01/african-archaeobotany-2011.html has some valuable and relevants highlights of 2011

And the comment Dorian makes at http://agro.biodiver.se/2012/01/nibbles-oca-illustrated-urban-herbs-ancient-rice/#comment-1022732 is pertinent too: “Rice presents a fascinating opportunity to study parallel evolution in crop diversity, crop ecology and cultural traditions with the comparison of African O. glaberrima and and Asian O. sativa. Sadly, at present the archaeobotany of most West African countries is a complete blank, and archaeobotany in Africa needs more researchers, but some exciting finds are coming out (see my blog for some recent examples: http://archaeobotanist.blogspot.com/2012/01/african-archaeobotany-2011.html). Asian rice has also attracted more historical linguistic research and discussion. Unravelling the cultural histories of African rice remains a good challenge to get to work on!”

… and of course the brilliant and seminal paper “Contrasting Patterns in Crop Domestication and Domestication Rates: Recent Archaeobotanical Insights from the Old World” http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/5/903.full.pdf+html http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm048

]]> Comment on Does rain forest grow back? Archaeology might have the answer by Jeremy Cherfas http://aobblog.com/2012/01/does-rain-forest-grow-back-archaeology-might-have-the-answer/#comment-4295 Jeremy Cherfas Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:42:53 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4632#comment-4295 An unasked question is why you want climax forest to regrow? Valuable timber species tend to be slow-growing and shade-intolerant. They regenerate best in clearing, like those caused by hurricanes and lightning, for which one might presume they are adapted. The mahogany rich forests of the Yucatan may well be so because they were felled by the Maya, and abandoned 1000 years ago. Does climax primary forest supply any ecosystem services in significantly greater measure than climax secondary forest? The problem is the delicate balance between population pressure and available land. That is what determines the length of fallows. With a long enough fallow, what is the ecological problem of clearing some forest? An unasked question is why you want climax forest to regrow? Valuable timber species tend to be slow-growing and shade-intolerant. They regenerate best in clearing, like those caused by hurricanes and lightning, for which one might presume they are adapted. The mahogany rich forests of the Yucatan may well be so because they were felled by the Maya, and abandoned 1000 years ago.

Does climax primary forest supply any ecosystem services in significantly greater measure than climax secondary forest?

The problem is the delicate balance between population pressure and available land. That is what determines the length of fallows. With a long enough fallow, what is the ecological problem of clearing some forest?

]]> Comment on Does rain forest grow back? Archaeology might have the answer by Nibbles: FIGS, Wassailing, Rice breeding, Mobile apps, GI, Coffee http://aobblog.com/2012/01/does-rain-forest-grow-back-archaeology-might-have-the-answer/#comment-4286 Nibbles: FIGS, Wassailing, Rice breeding, Mobile apps, GI, Coffee Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:13:16 +0000 http://aobblog.com/?p=4632#comment-4286 [...] rewriting of Amazon pre-history. Cancel [...] [...] rewriting of Amazon pre-history. Cancel [...]

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