Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCherry Domestication and Breeding, Herbicide Beer?
Episode 27
Cherries are a perennial favorite fruit. However, they are a tree, so their genetic improvement is slow. Episode 27 features Dr. Amy Iezzoni, as sh…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Story of GE Papaya, Helping People Save an Industry
Episode 26
The story of how genetic engineering saved the Hawaiian papaya industry gets lost in the discussion of agronomic crop uses of the technology. This s…
10 years, 2 months ago
Beautiful GMOs and the Not-So-Dirty Dozen
Episode 25
In today’s Talking Biotech Podcast the first guest is Keira Havens. She’s the CEO of Revolution Bio, a company turned non-profit that is interested…
10 years, 2 months ago
Biotech & Tomato Breeding – Social Media on the Farm
Episode 24
Improving plants with biotechnology is not just genetic engineering, it is using tools of molecular biology and genomics to guide traditional breedin…
10 years, 3 months ago
Innovative Approaches of the Future Farm Project 2050
Episode 23
Several weeks ago there was a request for Talking Biotech Podcast to interview Prof Graeme Martin. Prof Martin has a long career in animal reproduct…
10 years, 6 months ago
Cassava 2, History, Domestication; Biotech Virus Resistance
Episode 22
Biotech innovation in cassava is necessary to speeding genetic improvement of this food staple. Together with breeding efforts, the new resources der…
10 years, 7 months ago
Solutions for Cassava – Biofortification and Characterizing Disease Vectors
Episode 21
Cassava (Manihot esculentum) is a critical world food crop, the third most consumed staple outside of rice and maize. It is even more critical becau…
10 years, 7 months ago
An Experiment You can Do With Us; Sugar Beet Breeding and Biology
Episode 20
This eThis episode of Talking Biotech invites you to be the investigator and data collector. The internet is littered with images that claim animals…
10 years, 7 months ago
The SciBabe Talks Toxins; Your Questions Answered
Episode 19
Today chemophobia rules supreme. From fast-food establishments to farming critics, everyone seems to be an expert, except the experts!
Talking Biotec…
10 years, 7 months ago
Insecticides, Herbicides, Organic and Conventional Ag
Episode 18
The topic of “pesticides” is the new frontier in the opposition to agricultural biotechnology. Opponents of the technology blame new genetic improve…
10 years, 7 months ago