http://www.vaviblog.com/unravelling-cottons-domestication/ A voice for N.I. Vavilov Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.vaviblog.com/unravelling-cottons-domestication/comment-page-1/#comment-6454 martha Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:49:44 +0000 http://www.vaviblog.com/?p=477#comment-6454 wow. This is amazing. I had just heard as an off hand remark that cotton was domesticated in both the old and the new world. My mind boggled--how could there be a precursor to domestic cotton on both sides of the Atlantic. So it is that ancient and one does not have to invoke ancient astronauts moving plants around. wow. This is amazing. I had just heard as an off hand remark that cotton was domesticated in both the old and the new world. My mind boggled–how could there be a precursor to domestic cotton on both sides of the Atlantic. So it is that ancient and one does not have to invoke ancient astronauts moving plants around.

]]> http://www.vaviblog.com/unravelling-cottons-domestication/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Eliseu Bettencourt Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:56:47 +0000 http://www.vaviblog.com/?p=477#comment-14 Very interesting overview on the domestication and spread of cotton. However, I would make mine Ola's words "I wonder how much G. herbaceum someone going in Vavilov’s footsteps would find today?". Not only herbaceum but a whole lot of species have disappeared or are at the brink of extinction. For an overview on genetic erosion and extinction threat to old world cottons, see: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Publications/Pdf/1171.pdf Inside (pp. 65-77), you'll find an interesting article by Vojtech Holubec on this pressing subject. Very interesting overview on the domestication and spread of cotton. However, I would make mine Ola’s words “I wonder how much G. herbaceum someone going in Vavilov’s footsteps would find today?”. Not only herbaceum but a whole lot of species have disappeared or are at the brink of extinction.
For an overview on genetic erosion and extinction threat to old world cottons, see:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Publications/Pdf/1171.pdf
Inside (pp. 65-77), you’ll find an interesting article by Vojtech Holubec on this pressing subject.

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