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...Maxim that's as true for farming as it is for your home PC: always back up your data. In agriculture, data take the form of seeds, and farmers have been saving seed varieties for millenniums. If disaster struck and an entire crop were lost, a cache of seeds could mean the difference between survival and starvation...
...still save seeds today, mostly in national seed banks that often specialize in native crops: pistachios in Iran, rice in the Philippines. When a disaster like the Irish potato blight of the 1840s hits, scientists can search the seed bank for an old variety that might prove resistant. Since pests and pathogens are constantly evolving, a well-stocked seed bank "is our best line of defense," says Geoff Hawtin, director-general of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia...
...class of the ECAC. With two wins apiece over its traditional neighbors at the top of the conference standings, St. Lawrence and Dartmouth, now in hand, the Crimson (17-1-0, 14-0-0 ECAC) has built itself a comfortable cushion in the scramble for the top seed and home-ice advantage in the season-ending ECAC Tournament. On Sunday, No. 2 Harvard completed its regular-season sweep of the league’s upper echelon with a tidy 4-0 victory over the No. 10 Big Green (11-7-3, 8-5-1) before 1,489 fans at Bright...
With two wins apiece over its traditional neighbors at the top of the conference standings, St. Lawrence and Dartmouth, now in hand, the Crimson (17-1-0, 14-0-0 ECAC) has built itself a comfortable cushion in the scramble for the top seed and home-ice advantage in the season-ending ECAC Tournament...
...compete at Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern University this Saturday, with two advancing to the second day of competition. Freshman Corey Jantzen, returning from an ankle injury that sidelined him for almost a month, put up the most impressive performance for Harvard. Wrestling as the eighth seed at 141 lb., Jantzen blazed through the first two rounds by notching two major decisions before facing top seed Alex Tsirtsis of Iowa, eventually defeating him in an 8-3 win. On the second day, Jantzen’s run was halted by fifth seed Dan DeClore of Iowa...