Stories
- Article
Seeds for the future
Indigenous groups have a key role as guardians of biodiversity, and their knowledge could help us all preserve our world. To survive, we all need to collaborate, reject prejudice, and share what we know.
- Article
Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
- Book extract
What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
On Enduring Memories - SEED
Date: 2006Reference: JDW/2/4/1/91Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Seed - Watson, James, Genes, Girls, and Gamow (excerpts)
Date: 2002Reference: JDW/2/4/3/138Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Seed - Fifty Years of the Double Helix - several essays (Watson on cover)
Date: 2003Reference: JDW/2/4/3/147Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Seed - The Helix Fetes 50 in New York City
Date: 2003Reference: JDW/2/4/3/152Part of: James D. Watson Collection- Books
Oslo Plenary Session : final consensus report : global initiative for the security and sustainable use of plant genetic resources / Keystone Center.
Keystone International Dialogue Series on Plant Genetic Resources 1991 : Oslo, Norway)Date: [1991], ©1991