Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar
Description
Read the companion article here.
There is a very cool set of native plants that are related to the plants we eat. You can likely find these Crop Wild Relatives in areas around where you live. These plants can help us better understand how familiar plants evolved, while they hold keys to helping us adapt in the future. Meet two scientists who are passionate about maximizing biodiversity on our plates, while racing against time to conserve plants that are critical to our cultural and agricultural future.
Garden Futurist talks to Dr. Colin Khoury, Senior Director of Science and Conservation at San Diego Botanic Garden, and Dr. Michael Kantar, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.
This episode was sponsored by: Bartlett Tree Experts
Episode Image Credit: Published by the Royal Society @ 2016, by Colin K. Khoury, et. al.
View Article: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2016.0792
Interested in learning more? References can be found at the bottom of the podcast article here.
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