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An Experiment You can Do With Us; Sugar Beet Breeding and Biology

An Experiment You can Do With Us; Sugar Beet Breeding and Biology

FromTalking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta


An Experiment You can Do With Us; Sugar Beet Breeding and Biology

FromTalking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Oct 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This eThis episode of Talking Biotech invites you to be the investigator and data collector.  The internet is littered with images that claim animals will not eat GMO corn, which is curious because 80% of it goes to animal feed.  We have arranged to test that hypothesis through Biology Fortified.  If you visit this URL you can make a donation and receive a kit that you can use to generate data for this effort.  The podcast discusses the experiment and the acquisition of 2000 lbs of corn to do it!   The second part is Dr. Lee Panella talking about the domestication, biology and breeding of sugar beets.  For such widely used, versatile and profitable crop, we know so little about it.  Dr. Panella provides some new insights into this important agronomic crop.# COLABRATalking Biotech is brought to you by Colabra – an R&D platform that brings your lab’s world-changing research together in one shared space. Learn more at https://www.colabra.app/# TALKING BIOTECHTwitter: https://twitter.com/talkingbiotechWebsite: https://www.colabra.app/podcasts/talking-biotech/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colabrahqThe Talking Biotech podcast is distinct from Dr. Kevin Folta's teaching and research roles at the University of Florida. The views expressed on the show are those of Dr. Folta and his guests, and do not reflect the opinions of the university or Colabra.
Released:
Oct 10, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Talking Biotech is a weekly podcast that uncovers the stories, ideas and research of people at the frontier of biology and engineering. Each episode explores how science and technology will transform agriculture, protect the environment, and feed 10 billion people by 2050. Interviews are led by Dr. Kevin Folta, a professor of molecular biology and genomics.