Comments on: Project background http://www.vaviblog.com A voice for N.I. Vavilov Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16104 admin Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:41:13 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-16104 Thank you Vilhelm. I was aware of this from an article a while ago in New Scientist, and your use of Monty Python made me laugh. If you have any insights into what is happening with the Pavlovsk Experiment Station, or anything else to share about the agricultural situation there, I'd be delighted to hear about them. Thank you Vilhelm. I was aware of this from an article a while ago in New Scientist, and your use of Monty Python made me laugh. If you have any insights into what is happening with the Pavlovsk Experiment Station, or anything else to share about the agricultural situation there, I’d be delighted to hear about them.

]]> By: Vilhelm Konnander http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-16070 Vilhelm Konnander Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:58:27 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-16070 Dear Jeremy, Coming to think of it, I wrote a piece on my blog a few years back dealing with Vavilov and the Nazi theft of genetic resources in the Soviet Union during WWII, in case it might interest you: http://vilhelmkonnander.blogspot.com/2006/07/come-rob-botanical-garden.html Yours, Vilhelm Dear Jeremy,

Coming to think of it, I wrote a piece on my blog a few years back dealing with Vavilov and the Nazi theft of genetic resources in the Soviet Union during WWII, in case it might interest you: http://vilhelmkonnander.blogspot.com/2006/07/come-rob-botanical-garden.html

Yours,

Vilhelm

]]> By: admin http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14208 admin Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:33:14 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-14208 Thank you Maria; if you have any contributions you could offer, I would be very happy to receive them. Jeremy Thank you Maria; if you have any contributions you could offer, I would be very happy to receive them.

Jeremy

]]> By: Borodina http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14207 Borodina Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:12:06 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-14207 Dear Jeremy. You've made a very interesting and informative website devoted to Vavilov. He is a great person worth admiring. Thanks a lot for your job. I got the adress of the website from Teresa Cherfas. With best wishes, Maria Borodina Dear Jeremy.
You’ve made a very interesting and informative website devoted to Vavilov.
He is a great person worth admiring. Thanks a lot for your job.
I got the adress of the website from Teresa Cherfas.
With best wishes,
Maria Borodina

]]> By: Barry Mendel Cohen http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6797 Barry Mendel Cohen Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:24:09 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-6797 Hello Jeremy, Vavilov Blog readers may be interested in the the current BBC radio world service progam"one planet" which is a debate concerning genetically modified foods and their pace of introduction. This should be on their web site for the next few days Oct 7-12,2010., The debate features Dr Roger Beachy, sometimes credited as the first scientist to introduce genetically modified tomato plants into widespread cultivation in 1985, a designation he says he shares with others...Dr. Beachy in now director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the USA and he is an advocate of widespread development of GM foods to increase agricultural production. Dr Michael Antonisciu , a biogeneticist at the Kings College in London also work on the genetic modification of plants main to increase their resistance to plant disease( a field that interested Vavilov) He Dr. Antonisciu advocates a much slower approach to widespread Gm plant cultivation. And there is more to the progamme, President Evo Morales of Bolivia is advocating the banning of Gm food and perhaps even hybid commercial seeds within five years. See if you think this notice is timely enough for your readers, My guess is it will remain on the BBC website for about a month. My regards to you and the Blog readers...Barry Hello Jeremy, Vavilov Blog readers may be interested in the the current BBC radio world service progam”one planet” which is a debate concerning genetically modified foods and their pace of introduction. This should be on their web site for the next few days Oct 7-12,2010., The debate features Dr Roger Beachy, sometimes credited as the first scientist to introduce genetically modified tomato plants into widespread cultivation in 1985, a designation he says he shares with others…Dr. Beachy in now director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the USA and he is an advocate of widespread development of GM foods to increase agricultural production. Dr Michael Antonisciu , a biogeneticist at the Kings College in London also
work on the genetic modification of plants main to increase their resistance to plant disease( a field that interested Vavilov) He Dr. Antonisciu advocates a much slower approach to widespread Gm plant cultivation. And there is more to the progamme, President Evo Morales of Bolivia is advocating the banning of Gm food and perhaps even hybid commercial seeds within five years. See if you think this notice is timely enough for your readers, My guess is it will remain on the BBC website for about a month. My regards to you and the Blog readers…Barry

]]> By: Barry Mendel Cohen http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6333 Barry Mendel Cohen Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:14:25 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-6333 Hell0 Jeremy: Dr Adolph Ceska, editor of the Botanical Electronic Newsletter informs me that the Pavalosk Experimental Station is endangered as a real estate development. There is a petition to oppose this. Not 9only did Vavilov live there early in his professional life, but in an EnGlish style building donated by QueenVictoria. The destruction of the station will be a blow to agricultural research and historic preservation, and we may well mention Vavilov's memory. My regard,Barry Hell0 Jeremy: Dr Adolph Ceska, editor of the Botanical Electronic Newsletter informs me that the Pavalosk Experimental Station is endangered as a real
estate development. There is a petition to oppose this. Not 9only did
Vavilov live there early in his professional life, but in an EnGlish style building donated by QueenVictoria. The destruction of the station will be a blow to agricultural research and historic preservation, and we may well mention Vavilov’s memory. My regard,Barry

]]> By: Donald R. Forsdyke http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Donald R. Forsdyke Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:01:11 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-1617 It is wonderful to find some of Vavilov's writings at this internet site. Those visiting the site might like to know that Vavilov had many dealings with the English geneticist William Bateson. This is related in our new biography of Bateson, details of which may be found <a href="http://post.queensu.ca/~forsdyke/book04.htm" rel="nofollow">at my website</a>. It is wonderful to find some of Vavilov’s writings at this internet site. Those visiting the site might like to know that Vavilov had many dealings with the English geneticist William Bateson. This is related in our new biography of Bateson, details of which may be found at my website.

]]> By: constanza http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-728 constanza Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:44:59 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-728 Congratulations ! Your project is very interesting! I am subscribed some months ago to Vaviblog RSS feed and I think is amazing how he discovered the different crops and wild plants. You are doing an excellent work! Congratulations again! Congratulations ! Your project is very interesting! I am subscribed some months ago to Vaviblog RSS feed and I think is amazing how he discovered the different crops and wild plants. You are doing an excellent work! Congratulations again!

]]> By: admin http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-635 admin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:28:58 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-635 @Murphy: I'm not an expert on Vavilov's personal life by any means, but I think it is entirely likely. Vavilov was a very attractive and charming man and he was a professor at Saratov. His son Yuri is still alive, as are other members of the family. I suppose your friend could ask for DNA samples ... especially if all he wants is information. It would be interesting to see the photograph. @Murphy: I’m not an expert on Vavilov’s personal life by any means, but I think it is entirely likely. Vavilov was a very attractive and charming man and he was a professor at Saratov. His son Yuri is still alive, as are other members of the family. I suppose your friend could ask for DNA samples … especially if all he wants is information.
It would be interesting to see the photograph.

]]> By: Murphy Pickett http://www.vaviblog.com/about-2/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Murphy Pickett Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:47:42 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-629 08-19-09 I have a question about Vavilov's personal life. Could he have had another son in 1923, in Saratov, as the result of a liaison with a young woman? I have a Russian friend, who was told that his father was a famous scientist at the Univerity. His mother gave him a photo that bears a strong resemblance to Vavilov. 08-19-09

I have a question about Vavilov’s personal life. Could he have had another son in 1923, in Saratov, as the result of a liaison with a young woman? I have a Russian friend, who was told that his father was a famous scientist at the Univerity. His mother gave him a photo that bears a strong resemblance to Vavilov.

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