SeedQuest - Focus on vegetable seed

	Seed World video interview: Ko Remijnse Managing Director of Global Marketing & Sales Nunhems B.V.		Seed World video interview: Stephanie Turner Director of Seed Product Park Seed
	Seed World video interview: Nona Wolfram-Koivula Executive Director All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau		Seed World video interview: Patty Buskirk Owner Seeds by Design and Terra Organics
	Larry Hollar Hollar Seeds		Seed World video interview: Elizabeth Pivonka President and CEO Produce for Better Health Foundation
	Paul G. Bennett Sakata Seed America, Inc.		Emanuel "Manny" Shemin Genesis Seeds Dr. Isaac Nir Genesis Seeds
	Uri Zuckerman Agridera Ltd.

Articles

VEGETABLES
	Una mirada hacia la empresa hortícola de Chile INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No. 79 (Mayo-Junio 2008) Seeding a Healthier World There’s a key role for seed in the worldwide search for better health. (Seed World - January 2008) Fruits and Veggies Matter A foundation focused on fruit and vegetable consumption.(Seed World - January 2008) Thinking Outside the Window Box The softer side of plants and what they offer to the world around us.(Seed World - December 2007) Making the Trade The role of seed brokers in today’s seed market. (Seed World - October 2007) Protect that Seed Companies are coming up with new techniques to increase protection options in Flower and Vegetable seed.(Seed World - February 07) From Seeds to Sauces – Building a food company from the ground up Starting with a focus on taste, Seeds of Change has evolved from a seed business into a fully integrated food company.(Seed World - January 07) Protecting Biodiversity Bob Wildfong - An interest in history + a concern for biodiversity = qualities to preserve seed for posterity. (Germination - January 2007) What's old is NEW AGAIN A renewed interest in heirloom varieties.(Seed World - November 06) Biotech Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers What’s on the market and what’s to come. (Seed World - February 06)
SPECIES
BEAN	Drink your beans! Green beans are a good source of calcium USDA/ARS - November 1999
BROCCOLI	Cancer, genes and broccoli - study of genetic differences in cancer protection PBL - January 2006 Broccoli packs powerful punch to bladder cancer cells Ohio State University - August 2005 High selenium broccoli vs. colon cancer USDA/ARS - June 2000
CAULIFLOWER	Orange cauliflower gene eyed as nutrition booster Gen de una coliflor anaranjada posiblemente podría ser un aumentador de nutrición USDA/ARS January 2007
CUCUMBER
MELON
PEPPER	AVRDC develops pepper germplasm that is resistant to eight isolates of chilli veinal mottle virus (ChiVMV)
POTATO	INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No. 80 (Julio-Agosto 2008) - Variedades aptas para el mercado - Chile está integrado a iniciativa mundial de secuenciación del genoma de la papa - Consorcio tecnolólogico de la papa vio la luz - Las variedades de papa chilenas tienen un gran potencial en Estados Unidos - Red de alerta temprana para el tizón tardio de la papa - Impacto de la tecnologia GTT en el cultivo de papa Scottish Crop Research Institute produces potato plants with increased carotenoid content Mark Finlayson, Checkbiotech May 2005
SQUASH	An overview of squash viruses - Powdery mildew in summer squash Syngenta Seeds - Rogers Brand
SWEET CORN	The future of rust-resistant sweet corn
TOMATO	GE tomato resistant to leaf curl disease Anupam Varma and Shelly Praveen - ISB News Report June 2006 Anyway you slice it, tomatoes cut through drought with new gene Texas A&M University December 2005 Combating common greenhouse tomato diseases Syngenta Seeds - Rogers Brand
WATERMELON	Bees: The buzz is they travel up and down the row Harris Moran Seed Company February 2006

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